How Phishing is Like a Home Invasion – Bloggernews.net
Phishing of course is when you receive a fraud based email designed to trick you into clicking links and entering your personal information. In some cases when clicking those links you may download a virus. Their intention is to bypass your computers …
Avoid Getting Hooked in Phishing Scams This Summer – TMCnet
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Whether in the form of fraudulent emails, falsified websites or deceptive text messages, cybercriminals are casting a wider phishing net in the hopes of obtaining personal information from …
Union County athorities warn residents of text message phishing scam – Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Union County authorities said Thursday they are investigating the outbreak of a new text message phishing scam that is targeting local residents and trying to get them to divulge sensitive credit card information. According to officials, citizens began …
Craigslist phishers warn about phishing – Help Net Security
Scammers are targeting Craigslist users again – this time with a phishing page that tries to trick users into believing it’s legitimate by containing a warning about phishing pages: Unfortunately, the warning contains deliberately misleading information …
Gmail Users Still Targeted in Chinese Spear Phishing Attacks – Softpedia
Security researchers warn that spear phishing attacks targeting the personal Gmail accounts of people working for the military, government agencies or contractors, continue. “Once compromises happen and are covered in the news, they do not disappear and …
Google Gmail Phishing Attacks Continue, China Suspected – PC Magazine
Spear phishing attempts to penetrate the personal Gmail accounts of U.S. officials, journalists, and activists, reported by Google in June, have not ceased, according to a security researcher who first discovered the attempts in February. Spear phishing …
Twitter ‘Stalker app’ just a phishing scam – The Register
A “Stalkers app” doing the rounds on Twitter is actually a phishing scam, security watchers warn. The Stalkers app, which purports to be officially sanctioned and to track people who are “stalking your Twitter”, is promoted via messages linking to the …
Worst Phishing Spam? – Forbes
The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. I know, it’s hard to say one phishing spam is worse than another let alone the worst but I love this one [thanks to Miles Baska]: Sir/Madam Due to MicroSoft support to …
Phishing Attacks Targeting India Doubled in H1 2011 – YAHOO!
The report is a reflection of current trends on Phishing as seen through the eyes of Paladion Security Operations Center (SOC). BENGALURU (PRWEB) August 12, 2011 Phishing threats in Inda doubles during the first half of 2011: Paladion Labs, the research …
Vulnerability Found In Android That Allows For Phishing Scams and Pop-up Ads – Phandroid
You hated them on your PC and now those annoying pop-up ads and phishing attempts could find their way into an Android device near you. This year at Defcon 19 (a hacking conference held every year in Las Vegas) a couple of researchers managed to find a …
