According to ComputerWorld "Black Friday" is one of the most profitable events for hackers trying to steal your holiday cheer and anything else they can get their filthy paws on.
There are usually a handful of "hot" items that everyone is vying for this time of year; be it a Tickle-Me-Elmo or a Wii. Don’t fall [...]
OK, there are so many things wrong with this I just don’t know which one to address first!
The first tipoff should be the very name: NCUA. The National Credit Union Administration is NOT a credit union! It is a gov’t agency that oversees all credit unions! 1D10T5!
Second, lets review the bottom of the email…. hmmmm [...]
Talk about "big game" phishing! The following article is from ComputerWorld (my morning coffee partner):
Phishers (almost) scam grocery giant out of $10 million
Social engineers come close to reeling in a big one
Jaikumar VijayanOctober
22, 2007 (Computerworld) — Apparently it’s not just unwary individuals that fall victim to online scammers. Even large corporations, it [...]
While not directly related to phishing emails, my newest friend covers the other side of email skanks.
You know them, the pond scum that sends you emails telling you that you’ve been selected a winner in the lottery and you only need to send a few hundred in processing fees, or the ones that start with [...]
Here’s an interesting twist on trying to bully you into giving them what they want.
The claim is that they discovered your credit card (BOA details) has been used on a site supporting our friend bin laden and because of this activity BOA is "limiting" your account.
The claimed website is a real website, however, it is [...]
Now, this is fun! I knew that Amazon was big and that I could get anything from steel cut oats to bandsaws, but according to the "From" address: onlinebanking@amazon.com they sell money too!
There are so many things wrong with this email that I don’t know where to start. It was sent to no one (To: [...]
Dear Robert Mickelsen
You’re truly an idiot:
Whois
Domain Name………. mymutualban.com
Creation Date…….. 2007-10-03
Registration Date…. 2007-10-03
Expiry Date………. 2008-10-03
Organisation Name…. robert mickelsen
Organisation Address. 4400 Dixie Way
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Mims
Organisation Address. 32754
Organisation Address. FL
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
Admin Name……….. robert mickelsen
Admin Address…….. 4400 Dixie Way
Admin Address…….. [...]
Here is a real quick and easy one. The first tipoff for me was my lack of association with this bank. I don’t live in Massachusetts or have an account with any bank there, let alone Mutual Bank.
Looking at the URL behind the "click here or die" link shows only a very minor difference; the [...]
To decode a URL you need to understand the following basic parts that make up the whole string. We’ll use one from a previous post.
URL:
Uniform Resource Locator. The URL defines the location of the site you are viewing.
Prefix:
The Prefix defines what Protocol is being called. A [...]
Dr. Cranor is a professor from Carnegie Melon University. Her team has developed a great game to help people learn how to spot Phishing attempts.
Anti-Phishing-Phil is a tiny little fish whose adventures teach him about the perils of scam emails and how to spot them.
While the game is cute, it is the initial series of [...]