Monday, October 5th, 2009 Several thousand Hotmail usernames and passwords were exposed on over the weekend via a phishing attack, Microsoft confirmed late on Monday.Microsoft said it would block access to the accounts that were exposed and work with customers to reclaim access to them."Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009 A phishing scam is circulating on Twitter that aims to steal users' log-in credentials and then forward scam messages to all their friends in the hope of tricking them too.The scam begins with a direct message -- one sent directly between two Twitter users -- that reads "ROFL this you ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 With many who bank online now wary of phishing attacks, criminals are adding fake live-chat support windows to their Web sites to make them seem more real.RSA Security spotted the first ever of these "chat-in-the-middle" attacks in the past few hours, according to Sean Brady, a manager with the security ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Chances are that in the past week you've received an e-mail in your inbox that pretends to be from your bank, e-commerce vendor, or other on-line site. Hopefully you've realized that many times this e-mail is fake - a phishing or spam e-mail. The sender (phisher) of these fake e-mails ...
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 Trend Micro is warning about a phishing attempt that targets users of Microsoft Outlook.The phishing e-mail arrives in Outlook e-mail inboxes and looks like it comes from Microsoft. It prompts recipients to reconfigure their Outlook by clicking on a link that leads to a Web site that asks for account ...
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