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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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
If you see some tweets in your stream that say: “OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from http://twittercut.com” — don’t be fooled, it’s a scam. The link takes you to a website that will prompt you for your Twitter login information. Once it has stolen your credentials, it ...
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