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In a recent YouTube video, software company Venafi reveals that PayPal phishing attacks are taking advantage of users' trust in wildcard certificates. Learn more: 
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 Chain letterA typical chain letter consists of a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies of the letter and then pass them on to as many recipients as possible.
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 Phishing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPhishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, banks, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure unsuspecting public.
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Employees of Missouribased Saint Louis University fell victim to a phishing email that resulted in them providing account information, subsequently putting thousands at risk.
How many victims? More than 3,200 individuals were impacted.
What type of personal information? Names, Social Security numbers, direct deposit information and personal health information, including diagnoses, procedures and medical chart information.
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How many victims? More than 3,200 individuals were impacted.
What type of personal information? Names, Social Security numbers, direct deposit information and personal health information, including diagnoses, procedures and medical chart information.
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October 26, 2013 10:41 AM
How many victims? More than 3,200 individuals were impacted.
What type of personal information? Names, Social Security numbers, direct deposit information and personal health information, including diagnoses, procedures and medical chart information.
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The latest figures from the APWG show a decline in phishing reports. Verizon, on the other hand, implies that almost all incidents of cyber espionage reported in the last year included some phishing...
An academic study into human susceptibility to phishing has found that 92% of people misclassify phishing emails, despite efforts to educate people about the dangers.
Educating users to keep a wary eye out for phishing attempts has been a major focus for security admins and providers, but it seems like the bad guys are managing to keep ahead of the curve.
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Our researchers discoveres a scam being spread via Skype that is designed to steal the log in credentials for Skype users by dangling free premium upgrades
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Phishers appear to have concentrated their fire on a relatively new target: Apple IDs.
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Cybercriminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large phishing campaigns, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
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Apple phishing scams are not uncommon, but phishing pages hosted on the website of a major company are certainly worth looking at. Experts have found ... “The mere presence of old software can often provide sufficient incentive for a hacker to target one system over another, and to spend more time looking for additional vulnerabilities or trying to probe deeper into the internal network.”
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Phishing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPhishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, banks, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure unsuspecting public.
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We talk about phishing a lot on SecurityWatch. While we regularly warn readers to not fall for phishing scams, it got us thinking: how many people know how to recognize a phishing scam?
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Apple users have reported receiving phishing emails entitled “Your Apple ID has been frozen temporarily,” which attempt to trick recipient...
If you come across such emails, you can report them to Apple by forwarding them to reportphishing@apple.com. If you’re already a victim of this scheme, take the appropriate measures depending on what information you’ve handed over to the scammers.
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If you come across such emails, you can report them to Apple by forwarding them to ===> reportphishing@apple.com. <=== If you’re already a victim of this scheme, take the appropriate measures depending on what information you’ve handed over to the scammers. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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October 25, 2013 6:58 AM
If you come across such emails, you can report them to Apple by forwarding them to ===> reportphishing@apple.com. <=== If you’re already a victim of this scheme, take the appropriate measures depending on what information you’ve handed over to the scammers.
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October 25, 2013 7:04 AM
If you come across such emails, you can report them to Apple by forwarding them to ===> reportphishing@apple.com. <=== If you’re already a victim of this scheme, take the appropriate measures depending on what information you’ve handed over to the scammers.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society mission is to promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.
The author of a paper to be presented at the upcoming 2013 International Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting has described behavioral, cognitive, and perceptual attributes of e-mail users who are vulnerable to phishing attacks. Phishing is the use of fraudulent e-mail correspondence to obtain passwords and credit card information, or to send viruses.
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http://www.safeinternetbanking.be/ Would you panic while internet crooks took over your life? We put one real victim through the test. We scared the hell out...
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PHISHING: See how easily freaks can take over your life!!!
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July 11, 2013 5:44 AM
People are still more scared of being mugged on the way home or fear that a burglar will break into their home while they are sleeping. This..THIS..right here is where the terror should be felt. The odds of this happening are much greater and people need to take the blinders off. 
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July 19, 2013 9:58 PM
Please be careful while on-line.
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A group of children in Alaska took over their classroom computers after phishing account details from teachers.
They asked teachers at Schoenbar Middle School, for 12 to 13-year-olds, to enter admin names and passwords to accept a false software update, according to reports.
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The microblogging giant has warned news outlets that "these attacks will continue," particularly against high profile media organizations.
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