A Quick Chuckle…
Folks,
Ole’ Tech Paul has been B-U-S-Y (non-stop malware removal) and only have time to say – yet again – that this is cybercriminal season.
Don’t click the link.
Don’t open it.
Don’t be curious.
The byword for the rest of the year is use (Ultra-strength) paranoid common sense while online.
Following that advice would have prevented every infection I have encountered this week.
Sometimes, spam makes me chuckle…
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Hello Tech Paul,
First I would like to say how much I really enjoy and appreciate your newsletter. It is very helpful and informative. You mention and instruct us about malware and online security tips. Like many others, I have recently become unemployed and found that by posting my resume online, I had left myself vulnerable to identity theft. It came to my attention through the job section of Craigslist. A friend had told me that he became recently employed through a job posting from Craigslist, so I thought I would give it a try. I replied to a posting by emailing my (non-cyber-secure) resume and cover letter. Now, of course, I do not have my SS No., birth date, drivers license number and other such details on my resume. However, I did have my real full name, home address, home phone, and email on it. Next thing I receive is an email telling me that I am fully qualified for the position, but before they would consider me further I must click on the link and complete the application and click on another link to complete the online credit check. Funny, the email said nothing about the company, mission statement, details about the position, who specifically was interested in me, their name, or telephone number, etc. But, I clicked on the link for the application anyway and noticed that WOT did not like the site and I clicked the back button immediately. Then I noticed that the URL for the credit check website was flagged with the red dot from WOT too. Since I only recently installed WOT, based on your recommendation, I hadn’t really noticed the green and red circles that WOT uses to flag sites until that moment where I said to myself (dah) pay attention dummy. Anyway, I have since created a cyber-safe resume and cover letter which does not include full name, address, home phone, work locations, and educational institutions. The resume states that this information is not provided for security purposes. I also include a statement in my resume that a more detailed resume will be provided at time of interview. My Cyber-secure resume includes an overview of prior job responsibilities, job titles and educational degrees and relevant dates, but not locations. For contact information, I include my first initial and last name, my cell number (which cannot be traced to my address through google) and my gmail email address. Yesterday, I had an appointment with the Workforce Connection representative (unemployment compensation authority). I am required to post my resume on their job site, which I did (my cyber-secure resume). During our meeting, she told me that prospective employers will find my cyber-secure resume suspicious because it leaves out certain details. I explained to her my reasons for posting it that way (experience with Craigslist, fear of Phishing, and ID Theft, etc.). Turns out she had her identity stolen a year ago by posting her resume and she finally concurred it may be a wise idea. Later that evening when I returned home, I checked my email and found she had sent an email to her distribution list warning her clients about the importance of posting cyber-secure resumes. This is what she said: One of my customers caught my attention with her cyber-safe resume. Here’s additional information, courtesy of http://www.rileyguide.com/scams.html and http://www.job-hunt.org, http://www.job-hunt.org/privacy.shtml/resumecybersafe.shtml, http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/
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Kay,
Thank you for sharing this with us.
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