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Picture password protects your account from phishing
A new graphical password is easy to use on legitimate sites, but hard to remember when you’re faced with a phishing attack View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
WARNING: Twitter Phishing Scam Spreads by Direct Messages (Mashable)
Mashable – A nefarious link that hacks Twitter accounts is being circulated via direct messages. The DM says, “There is a rumor/blog going around about you [LINK] might want to read it.” There may be slightly different versions of the link circulating, but if you click on it, all of…
Raytheon hit by cloud-based phishing attack
Defence company Raytheon has revealed that it was the victim of a cloud-based attack for the first time, with the incident occurring just last week. It was a spear phishing attack where an email was sent to employees at the company, asking them to access an application through a certain…
Phishing sites soar as card fraud falls
Plastic card fraud fell by 9 per cent in the first six months of the year, suggesting the finance industry is winning the battle against credit card crooks. The £170m lost in the first half of 2011 was the lowest total for 11 years. View full post on phishing –…
Phishing can cost you, big time
If you fall foul of a phishing scam and give away your details because of your own negligence, banks are probably not liable. View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Wells Fargo text & phishing scam grows even bigger in Oregon
One of the biggest scams to ever hit Oregon keeps getting bigger. View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Spear phishing examples: How to stop phishing from compromising users
Spear phishing targets the weakest link in most security programs: users. These spear phishing examples can help your enterprise thwart attacks. <img alt="Spear phishing examples: How to stop phishing from compromising users, Blog, Stop, from, users, phishing, Spear, examples, compromising"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/><img alt="Spear phishing examples: How to…
WhackANumber.com Warns Consumers Not to Fall for Debit Card Phishing Phone Scam
Scammers use automated messaging systems to steal sensitive financial informationKirkland, WA (PRWEB) August 23, 2011 WhackANumber.com, an online resource that provides critical information about unknown numbers, phone scams and telemarketing fraud, wishes to increase awareness of a scam that is surfacing across the country. Consumers have reported receiving fraudulent phone…
Union County authorities warn residents of text message phishing scam
Authorities 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 View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security