Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Sat Jan 14, 2012

New Facebook Phishing Attack Targets Financial Information Social Barrel David Jacoby, senior security researcher for Kaspersky Labs, wrote a blog post today warning of a new Facebook phishing attack now spreading that first steals your Facebook credentials, then goes after your credit card and other financial information....

“Phishing” scam warning The Ellon Times HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is warning taxpayers not to fall victim to 'phishing' emails sent out by fraudsters in the run-up to the self-assessment deadline of January 31. Search for: (Plumber, Taxi, McDonalds...) Where? (town, county etc.) ...

Cumbria police Twitter account is victim of scam bid News & Star The spokeswoman said measures are in place to protect the force's social networking accounts from phishing scams, adding: “But unfortunately this is a problem that can occur in Twitter.” In October last year, the force issued a warning about the same ...

Ensuring Online Banking Security BankInfoSecurity.com Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut indicted 14 Romanians for their involvement in an identity-theft scheme that relied on phishing attacks to steal online banking credentials from ...

Xbox Live Security Issue Found, Microsoft Ignores Problem Piki Geek After a recent incident in which Xbox Live refunded a victim of a phishing scam, a network infrastructure manager named Jason Coutee looked into the problems when his own account was under attack. He discovered a security problem which allowed hackers ... MSU's Federal Credit Union Assessing The Damage After Phishing Attack WILX-TV Everybody got an email saying there had been a phishing scam." The email alerted him not to open another email sent a few hours earlier; one that looked like it was sent from the Federal Credit Union. "I didn't even have time to notice that the false ... Xbox.com has been hacked claim users Metro Possible evidence that Xbox.com has been hacked has emerged in the US, suggesting that the Microsoft Points scandal really does has more to it than just phishing scams. Despite hundreds of users - including many writing into the Inbox - reporting that ... Chinese 'Sykipot' Malware Targets US Government SecurityNewsDaily 12), spreads via spear-phishing attacks — orchestrated phishing scams aimed at a specific target and including pertinent data that tricks the reader into believing the email is legitimate. The emails, from servers in China, come with an attached PDF .. Namesco spits out phishy warning after credit card info leak Register Namesco's email has many of the characteristics of phishing emails the industry has been training users to ignore for years. In fact it's so cack-handed that we expect it to be fodder for courses on how not to do security notifications for years to ... 5 tips to make your tax info safe and secure CBS Moneywatch If you get an email claiming to be from the IRS, it's probably some sort of phishing scam, designed to get you to divulge your social security number, bank account number, or some other personal info. There really aren't any exceptions to this rule, ...

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