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Just a couple of weeks ago I was reminded how phishing can hurt people and businesses. Someone I know thought that an e-mail he received was from the owner of the company and he had $40,000.00 transferred to an account that was specified in the e-mail. No verification was done. No questioning the amount. Remember that financial transactions should not be made over e-mail without verification (either by calling or face-to-face). Spending 2 minutes to verify the info in the e-m...ail would have saved this company $40k, lots of time dealing with the FBI and insurance, and having lots of explaining to do. For those of you that don't know, phishing is the process by which other individuals will make their e-mail look like a legitimate e-mail that was sent by someone you know and/or trust. For instance, you could receive an e-mail and it may look like it came from your grandmother and she is asking you for some money to help her out...or vice versa...a grandchild asking a grandparent for money (this happens pretty often, actually). The e-mail name will be made to look like it was from the person's name you recognize but it is actually going to another person-so if you reply to it, you may actually get a response...as was the case in my example above. Just ALWAYS BE WARY of requests to perform financial transactions over e-mail.

You know you've been working too much if you try to enter your password on the microwave. UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. Have a GREAT day!

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Whether you are running a PC or Mac, if you have Microsoft Office installed, you need to go check for updates. There are some updates that were just released that you need to get installed. These updates remove a flaw in Microsoft Office that could allow an attacker to take over your computer by having you open an infected file...

Awesome idea...Windows and Android together...

Here's a pretty good list of Google Hacks. Try them and let me know what you like best - http://www.pcworld.com//ultimate-google-toolbox-20-tips-tr

Very appealing collaboration features from Google... http://www.google.com/campaigns/gonegoogle/index.html

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