Transmission

As many have noted, a serious vulnerability in DNS was recently discovered.

Immediately after release of the patch in question and prior to exploit code being released into the wild, along with most other major providers, XMission has patched its servers for this serious issue on both its primary nameservers as well as its dedicated resolvers.

Recently, a few dozen of our subscribers received an email claiming to be from XMission that urged them to email their password. This fraudulent, “phishing” email did not come from XMission; unfortunately, it looked authentic enough that a few customers responded.

Obviously, we find emails like this incredibly frustrating. Spam has cost us tremendously in [...]

The FTC’s national education campaign – AvoID Theft: Deter, Detect, Defend – aims to empower consumers to protect themselves against identity theft and to minimize the damage it can cause.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/

Using this site, consumers can learn how to avoid identity theft, and find out what to do if their identity is stolen.  Businesses can receive [...]