Exit Popups — Get A Clue, Marketers

September 21, 2010

A word for all of you marketers out there who like to use those annoying exit popups (and we all do, don’t we — because they work): 1. Anybody who has been in the Internet Marketing business for more than 5 minutes knows about them. 2. Most of us actually close the sales page just [...]

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Mike Young Law

September 9, 2010

If you’d like to read information written by a lawyer who both specializes in Internet law — and has a sense of humor — then take a few minutes to check out Mike Young’s Internet Lawyer Blog. Mike tends to throw a bucket of ice-cold water on a lot of the garbage that passes as [...]

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John Rhodes’ Juggernaut SEO

August 20, 2010

Sorry. This isn’t the original post. I moved the original post to my Business Action Steps blog because it doesn’t belong here, on a security blog. Go ahead and click on the link if you really want to read what I wrote, but it really has nothing to do with security. OK, maybe it does… [...]

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14 Bulletins, 34 Vulnerabilities — How Many Are Still On Your Computer?

August 13, 2010

I just got done reading an article about 3,000 online banking customers whose credentials were stolen and money siphoned off their accounts. In total, over $1,000,000 was stolen. How did this happen? Criminals compromised web sites, which in turn were visited by banking customers who hadn’t, for whatever reason, bothered to download and install security [...]

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GoodSync – Backup And Synchronize Files And Drives

March 14, 2010

As a security professional, I know the importance of having good backups. I also know that people want solutions that are easy, fast, and reasonably priced. I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to find a backup solution that meets these requirements. GoodSync, by Siber Systems, is doing a great job of backing up [...]

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Alan Reece’s Software Gold Club Products Now Available

March 7, 2010

I’m happy to announce a new resource for you on LicensedReseller.com. This is my site where I’m making many licensed products available, such as resell rights software, scripts, ebooks, and more (I’m still adding stuff to the site, so check it often — and of course I’ll announce it here). In addition to Big Mike’s [...]

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No Website Backup? This Might Help

March 2, 2010

If you ever needed a website backup but didn’t have one available, I’ve discovered a tool that MIGHT help you get some of your files back. No promises, but even a partial recovery is better than no recovery. Before I talk about the tool, though, web site backups are pretty easy if you use cPanel: [...]

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Watch Who You Follow On Google Buzz

February 12, 2010

The security team over at Websense has released an alert dealing with spam on Google Buzz (and “thanks” to Websense for pointing this out). Basically, this spammer has followed a couple hundred people and has used Google Buzz to send them to a page about smoking. While this one may or may not be harmful, [...]

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TrueTwit — Do I Look Like One?

February 5, 2010

I’ve been noticing that some of my Twitter follow requests have received direct messages asking me to validate my profile via a service called TrueTwit. Some quick research showed me that I won’t be doing so any time soon. Just a quick check on the domain name shows that it is registered via “Direct Privacy [...]

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Another Spammer Deflection Tactic: HR 1910

February 5, 2010

I just received another spam email, this one with the following disclaimer: REMOVAL OPTION: ————————————————————————————- Under Bill HR 1910 passed by the 106th US Congress on May 24, 1999, This message cannot be considered Spam as long as we include the way to be remove.Reply to youremoval@gmail.com and type “Unsubscribe”. All removal requests are handled [...]

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