Category Archives: Phishing Trip

The Give & Take of the Morning Mail

Oh no! My Visa card has been deactivated! What, oh what will I do???

"Received: from notes.cc.sunysb.edu ([129.49.2.164])
          by notesmta2.cc.sunysb.edu (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3)
          with ESMTP id 2008020111481487-113823 ;
          Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:48:14 -0500
Received: from mail.orlando.bz (mail.orlando.bz [64.34.168.182])
         by notes.cc.sunysb.edu (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m11Gm7e9008048
Received: from User [72.253.13.67] by mail.orlando.bz with ESMTP
  [...]

Aye me hearty’s, the scallywags be stealin me booty!

Found this in me inbox this wet mornin’

"Received: from mail.adp-hvac.com (dsl017-030-060.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net [69.17.30.60])
Received: from User ([202.65.139.14]) by mail.adp-hvac.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713);
          Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:36:52 -0800
Reply-To: <service@navyfcu.org>
From: "service@navyfcu.org"<service@navyfcu.org>
Subject: Message from Navy Federal Customer Service
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:05:31 +0530
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Priority: 1 (High)
X-MSMail-Priority: High
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
Message-ID: [...]

Cannibalistic Phish!

According to my source: ComputerWorld, the Big Phish are using the Little Phish to collect your private data.

 "Phishing kit pits wannabe scammers against pro fraudsters
Big rats, little rats compete in a Net fraud pro-am; you still lose
January 23, 2008 (IDG News Service) — In a twist, security researchers have discovered a group [...]

Time to hide it under the martress!

Remember the wad of cash found under granny’s mattress when she went to the great knitting circle in the sky? Yeah, me neither!
That may not be such a bad idea though. Read on…

From ComputerWorld

"January 14, 2008 (Network World) — A new Trojan program is targeting unwitting users’ bank data by intercepting account information [...]

I [heart] Gary Warner

From ComputerWorld:

"Crime and punishment: The white knight of phish-busting

Robert McMillan

December 31, 2007 (IDG News Service) Until just a few months ago,

Gary Warner did not have the kind of day job you’d expect from an antiphishing crusader. He didn’t work for a security vendor or a bank, or any kind of company you’d [...]

Should I be worried that this doesn’t surprise me?

According to the NY Times, a cyber attack via 1,100 targeted phishing emails, gave criminals access to databases inside a nuclear weapons laboratory (Oak Ridge in Tennessee). The criminals may have been from China or simply broke into computers in China to mask their true location.
Rednecks + nuclear weapons lab + phishing emails can never [...]

Phishing scam hits home

I just received this scam for Teachers Federal Credit Union. As it is a local financial institution that many of us use I’m posting it here as a warning.
I have notified them and provided the details.

My inbox overflowith…

Every day since my Florida trip I’ve gotten at least 5 phishing attempts, but since I’ve posted so many already I don’t see the value in posting them here.
Just be very sceptical of any email asking you to do anything concerning personal/financial information. There is an extremely high likelihood that it is an attempt to [...]

Q: is Phone Phishing the same as Phone Sex?

A: Yes, and either way, you are screwed!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
These are appearing more and more frequently in my inbox. They don’t send you to a bogus site, instead, they are sitting on their lazy backsides waiting for you to call them. Some of them claim this is a toll-free number, some claim they are in Indiana, or [...]

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