A few days ago I thought I was being pranked when a bunch of random subscription notices started showing up. Then it became a flood of messages, at least 10 every minute. I suspected some kind of cyber attack and immediately turned to Google, where I discovered I was experiencing a Denial of Service Attack (DoS). From what I can gather, when it’s targeted at an individual (and not a big business) it is usually an attempt to commit credit card or bank fraud. They flood your inbox with tons of messages so you miss the important ones from your…