Tuesday, October 03, 2006

E-Mail Security


HTML E-Mail

Disable HTML for e-mail or choose to view all messages as plain text if your e-mail client has such options - the better ones do; or use an e-mail content filter for web bugs and embedded content originating from a server other than the one belonging to the sender of the e-mail. Today's cleverly-coded e-mail worms can execute just by viewing HTML-formatted e-mail.


E-Mail Attachments

  • Never allow your e-mail client to "View Attachment Inline" ...unless you are sure it arrived from a trusted sender.
  • Never open e-mail attachments from strangers.
  • Use encryption software for sending your most private e-mail messages. If you don't, keep in mind that what you are sending is the equivalent of a postcard.
  • Never, ever use e-mail to send confidential information such as credit card numbers, bank account numbers, or your Social Security number.
  • Never respond to e-mail asking for confidential information. Any e-mail you receive requesting your credit card numbers, bank account numbers, or Social Security number either via e-mail or a web site link is surely an identity theft or phishing scam.

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