Archive for March, 2011

Creative credit card donation scam

A friend forwarded the following description of a scam aimed at a well-known college.  Fortunately, they didn’t fall for it.  I would like to make everyone aware of a recent situation here that is most likely a scam to launder stolen credit card funds, appearing as a gift. A $9,000 gift is received and approved [...]

Filed in Advancement Services,Fraud,Scam One Response so far

Firefox error: sec_error_untrusted_issuer

I picked up some malware recently and one of the many annoyances it caused was problems with Firefox’s security settings.  When visiting secure (https:) web sites Firefox would say “the connection is untrusted.” When I said I wanted to trust the site and add an exception for it I would get a “sec_error_untrusted_issuer” error.  When [...]

Filed in IT Management 12 Comments so far

CTK Foundation’s "Heart and Soul" Grants

The CTK Foundation just opened its 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Award Program. They’ll be awarding over $25,000 in grants to nonprofits, charities and voluntary organizations of all sizes in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The only eligibility requirements are that the submitting nonprofit must be a registered 501(c)(3), [...]

Filed in Grants for Technology,TechSoup No Responses yet