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Lame spam of the day: Fake BBC news stories

Robert Weiner

Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail. < . ** Cyprus races to rework savings tax after closing banks till Thursday **. Cyprus can amend terms to a bailout deal that has sparked huge public anger. < < [link] > ** BBC Daily E-mail **. < [link] > ** Disclaimer **.

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Twitter Hacking and Cloud Security

Robert Weiner

The front-page headlines read " Hacker steals Twitter's confidential documents ," but the real story isn't about Twitter — it's that the stolen documents were stored online, "in the cloud." This could happen to any nonprofit or company storing data this way. As we've seen over and over, it's amazingly easy to guess or steal passwords.

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Lame spams of the day: more fake ADP notices

Robert Weiner

Case Headline: R8BI. Regards, David Mitchell. Vice President of Service ADP. ADP Major Accounts. Version 5: Valued client: Chase recently frozen Wire Transfer at your account. Event # 584281168. Instance Substantiation: Upload. We at ADP obtain to create a personalized and client focused experience with every client interaction.

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