As seen in an article on PC World’s website, an information stealing trojan has been using the Monster.com job hunting service to steal contact information and other personal information from the site which it then uses to send Monster.com users a phishing like email. The email attempts to trick users into clicking on an infected [...]
For the final night of Phish Week, I figured it would be good to sum things up by talking about some of the resources available to protect yourself from Phishing Attacks. I discussed a few methods last night, mainly ways that you can manually keep on a look out for phishing scams. So, what are a few [...]
A few months back another friend of mine was attempting to sell a cell phone on EBay. Being fairly new to the entire EBay “thing”, he wasn’t really too sure of some of the precautions you should take before you begin a final transaction with either a seller or a buyer. In his case, everything [...]
Welcome back to Phish Week. If you were with us yesterday, we went over the basics of Phishing, generally what phishing is. If you’re just joining us, click HERE to checkout yesterdays post and get all caught up.
Today we will take a look at some of the more popular phishing targets out there. As I [...]
That’s right folks, its Phish Week here on MyBSOD.com. Throughout this week, I will be posting articles on the topic of Phishing. I hope to give you, the reader, an in depth look at the world of phishing, what it is, how it occurs, who is at risk and how to protect yourselves. The best [...]
