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Phishers are lovin’ McDonald’s

13

Sep

2011

Today we came across a new, very sophisticated type of phishing. The user receives a message that, at first glance, appears to be from McDonald’s. It states that the recipient has won the chance to participate in a survey and immediately receive remuneration of $80 for doing so. There is nothing to suggest that something […]

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Bad guys want your Twitter passwords – don’t be phished via a DM attack!

06

Sep

2011

We continue to see Twitter users being targeted by criminal campaigns designed to phish passwords for the site. The problem is that often they are disguised as direct messages (DMs in Twitter parlance) from your online friends. The latest attack comes in the form of a DM from one of your Twitter acquaintances: when did […]

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Hotmail fights back against hacked email accounts

15

Jul

2011

Microsoft has announced a new feature for Hotmail users that should help in the fight against email fraudsters and spammers. It wouldn’t surprise me if many of us haven’t received an email which appears to come from a friend, but actually contains a bogus cry for help claiming they are stranded in a foreign country […]

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