Phishing Scams Targeting CTI Customers

There is an email making the rounds that looks like it cane from Computer Techniques, Inc. It is a phishing scam. If you receive this email delete it immediately. If you have responded to the email, with the information requested, you need to change your password immediately. These scams try to get information from users. Below is a picture of what this particular phishing email looks like.

The following links provide some information about what phishing scams are and how to deal with them.

Wikipedia - Phishing

Microsoft - Phishing: Frequently asked questions

Oxymoron: Email Security

Someone left this comment to an article on FARK.com that I was reading recently. We use email for everything at my office. Most office workers have WORK email addresses. Before you send out your next email think about this rule.

The first rule of email: Always assume every email you send will be brought up in court, out of context and used in the worst possible way against you. Source: FARK.com: (2276319) The seven deadly sins of corporate email

We always need to keep this little bit of advice in the back of our minds while using email. Email is neither safe or private. It's incredibly easy for an email sent by one person to be forwarded hundreds of times. Just look at your inbox if you don't believe me.

Especially in a business environment we should not send items which we wouldn't want to aired in public. The only safe and private email is an encrytped email. Most of the high profile political and finanacial scandals of the past few years should be enough to convince you that email is not always going to be private.

The next time you send an email to someone keep the advice above in the back your mind.