Next month, on October 3, Microsoft are having big press conferences in New York and San Francisco where they will present a new and upgraded version of Hotmail. This involves major changes in security, performance and spam management. Below is the invitation that Microsoft has sent to selected journalists: Not much has ... Continue Reading

Spammers are now sending out fake invitations to the newly launched Facebook competitor, Google+. The messages looks quite similar to emails that users would expect to receive from friends who are already members of the service. It is the IT security blog Naked Security who reports that scammers have begun sending ... Continue Reading

According to the security company Trend Micro, thousands of users of the email service Hotmail recently got their emails stolen because of a bug in the web service. By sending a specially designed email, hackers could access the selected users private emails. The email that was used contained a special code ... Continue Reading

Although Osama bin Laden was hiding in a house with no Internet connection, he managed to send and receive lots of emails. The solution was simple but time consuming. He used a flash drive, a courier and different Internet cafes. He just wrote his emails on his offline computer and saved ... Continue Reading

Now you can use Hotmail features without changing your existing email address, just as you can use Microsoft Outlook with an address from any service. Microsoft has made several improvements to their email service, Windows Live Hotmail, during 2010. Among other things, more social services have been built into Hotmail, ... Continue Reading

The security company Sunbelt warns of games like Farmville beeing used to collect email addresses and passwords from Facebook users. By clicking on a link that is posted on the profile, users are guided to a site where they are invited to enter their email address and password to login. Christopher Boyd ... Continue Reading

Stay alert when checking your emails, as hackers are abusing Twitter for phishing and trojan attacks. Trend Micro warn on their blog against phishing attacks that are using Twitter. The email messages look very official, so a lot of people can be tricked by them. The first email (see below) shows a ... Continue Reading