From the category archives:
Maybank2U phishing scams are on the rise – I’m sure everyone here using Maybank2u would see messages like this. But what does “phishing” mean? Not its not catching fish.
Phishing according to Wikipedia:
Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading [...]
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Raja Petra Kamarudin or lovingly known as “RPK”. Raja Petra is one of the most well-know political bloggers in the Malaysian scene, along with small group of other people including Jeff Ooi whom I have met twice.
I was shocked to find out he gets 10 [...]
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If someone knows your Maybank account, they can get your phone number, address and other details. All they need is someone (a friend?) in Maybank that has access to the system. That’s exactly what happened to me today.
Someone called me on my personal mobile phone, and didn’t introduce himself at all. He started [...]
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Looks like I am not the only Internet marketing expert, now even political websites are using Google Adwords PPC advertising to drive traffic to their Malaysia election campaign websites. Type in "Malaysia" or "election" in Google and you might see something like this:
It’s interesting to note however that the ads are only from [...]
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An article in Yahoo News states:
A Malaysian government minister has accused bloggers, who have been writing avidly on upcoming elections, of being cowards and warned they are being monitored, a report said Friday.
Youth and Sports Minister Azalina Othman said opposition parties were using blogs to get their message out because they believed the [...]
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News Source: NST Tech & U, February 14, 2006
In NST’s Tech & U column on 14th February, I noticed an article that caught my attention. It seems that Asia tops the list of spam sources, and I can bet that somewhere in there are a big group of Malaysian spammers.
If you notice Asia [...]
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My friends at Enveluv.com have a special message for you – now you can send a physical greeting card (not e-card) anywhere within Malaysia for free. That’s right, FREE aka PERCUMA
We Malaysians love free stuff right
All you need to do is to register as a user, choose your card, enter the recipient’s [...]
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