in the words of another Alfred: “What, Me Worry?” When it comes to your online security and privacy, you should worry.

Phishing…you probably read that word and scoffed “Not me, I’d never fall for the Nigerian Prince scam or the old phony link trick.” Well, you’re in good company. Cory Doctorow, author and co-founder of the fantastic webzine BoingBoing, also held that stance…until recently. All it took to expose his 40,000 Twitter followers to an attack of their own was a reboot of his phone and a direct message from a “friend”. The article is a great read and highlights the need to stay vigilant in your digital life.

From the article (Locus Online):

“Here’s the thing: I thought that phishers set their sights on a certain kind of naive person, someone who hadn’t heard all the warnings, hadn’t learned to be wary of their attacks. I thought that the reason that phishers sent out millions of IMs and e-mails and other messages was to find those naifs and ensnare them.

But I’m not one of those naifs. I’d never been tricked, even for a second, by one of those phishing messages.”

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