December 15, 2005
Google Safe Browsing Extension for Firefox
If you’re using the Firefox web browser (you are using Firefox, right?), you now have one more tool at your disposal to keep your information safe online. Today Google announced and released the Google Safe Browsing, an extension for Firefox that alerts you if the site you’re looking at is potentially bogus
A FAQ is also available that explains a little bit about phishing and how Google Safe Browsing works to protect you from it. This is definitely a good extension to have installed!
Posted by Web Developer at 10:10 AM
December 12, 2005
Can You Spot Phishing Attempts?
Online phishing attempts are not only getting more common, they’re getting more sophisticated. Scammers go to a lot of work making their fake sites look exactly like the legitimate one they’re spoofing. This makes distinguishing between the two a very useful skill to have.
Set aside a few minutes to take the latest Phishing IQ Test from MailFrontier to test your spotting ability. You might be surprised - I was!
Posted by Web Developer at 1:30 PM