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ALSO CALLED:
Email Spoofing,
e-Mail Fraud,
Spear Phishing,
Password Phishing,
Brand Spoofing,
Email Fraud,
e-Mail Spoofing,
Social Engineering,
Internet Phishing,
Carding,
Password Cracking,
Spear-phishing
DEFINITION: E-mail spoofing is the forgery of an e-mail header so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source. Distributors of spam often use spoofing in an attempt to get recipients to open, and possibly even respond to, their solicitations. Spoofing can be used legitimately. Classic examples of senders who might prefer to disguise the source of the e-mail
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Phishing IT Downloads
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Active Administrator™, Version 5.6.1
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights.
Posted: 01 Jan 2011 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2011
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Free tool to evaluate the performance of your distributed IT infrastructure
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
HP's SiteScope 10.1 MLU SW E-Media solution allows organizations to maintain the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure while lowering the total cost of ownership to a central server. Download this evaluation now.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010
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How to successfully consolidate your Windows environment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010
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Sophos Endpoint Protection
sponsored by Sophos, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection provides cross-platform anti-virus protection; simplified, centralized management; application, device, and network access control; integrated DLP and encryption; and a centrally managed client firewall. Get the level of protection you need - download a free trial.
Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Premiered: 07 Apr 2010
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Top benefits of automating your IT services
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Access this exclusive resource to discover a software that can help you reduce the time, cost and risk associated with managing your IT operations by automating your IT processes.
Posted: 06 Jul 2011 | Premiered: 06 Jul 2011
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Try Office 365 for free for 30 days
sponsored by Microsoft
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Receive a 30 day no-risk trial of Office 365, a suite of Internet-based services devised to help meet your needs for robust security, 24/7 reliability, and user productivity.
Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2012
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Try Office 365 for free for 30 days
sponsored by Microsoft
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Receive a 30 day no-risk trial of Office 365, a suite of Internet-based services devised to help meet your needs for robust security, 24/7 reliability, and user productivity.
Posted: 01 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2012
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PHISHING DEFINITION (continued): … include a sender reporting mistreatment by a spouse to a welfare agency or a "whistle-blower" who fears retaliation. However, spoofing anyone other than yourself is illegal in some jurisdictions. E-mail spoofing is possible because Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the main protocol used in sending e-mail, does not include an authentication mechanism. Although an SMTP service extension (specified in IETF RFC 2554) allows an SMTP client to negotiate a security level with a mail server, this precaution is not often taken. If the precaution is not taken, anyone with the requisite knowledge … Phishing definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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