Passwords Leaked from Major Webmail Services
The BBC, Lifehacker, and many other sources are reporting that Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Comcast, and Earthlink passwords were made public. While these passwords were gathered through phishing and the incident wasn't the fault of any of the providers, to me it seems like as good of a day as any to change my passwords for these services. - K
The Phishing Quiz linked in that LifeHacker piece was interesting. I got 10/10 but I really had to think hard on some of them.
I enjoyed the quiz, too, but I didn't get all of them right. Evidently, I classify all e-mails from banks or vendors that arrive without me triggering them as possible phishing attempts. I guess that it's better too skeptical rather than not enough. - K