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"Phishing" Attacks to Increase

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stop-clicking-on-emails dept.

neutron_p writes "The number of people who succumb to identity thieves' "phishing" e-mails could go way up if immediate action isn't taken to preempt the next generation of attacks, according to an Indiana University School of Informatics researcher. "Phishing" e-mails appear to be sent by legitimate businesses, but are actually created and distributed by villains who are after your personal information. They describe some thieves' tricks. One kind of context-aware attack tricks eBay bidders into giving out identifying information by leading bidders to believe they've won an auction. In another kind of context-aware attack, a potential victim might receive a message from a known person -- for example, a friend or loved one - asking him or her to go to a Web site to update banking information."

8 of 358 comments (clear)

  1. gmail from mbonig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-b0ab39f1a8-517235 8b19-6f45f145ca
    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-b0ab39f1a8-13556c 0563-18969179a8
    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-b0ab39f1a8-bc9b11 50e2-0bef3ba2a4
    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-b0ab39f1a8-d6f302 cd83-e0644e7ef5
    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-b0ab39f1a8-62e3c6 9d32-22621daaff
    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-b0ab39f1a8-6c3f07 c84e-b9e70ce4cd

  2. I landed me a giant First Post! by cecil36 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Darn it, it got away

  3. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRST POST

  4. POOP!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You shall all dine on mine fabulous poop!!!!!!!!

  5. Heheh, for the first minute or two, I got.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    Bad slashdot!

  6. Re:first post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mod to fumnny

  7. Indiana University School of Informatics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    from the department of made-up-schools ltd
    a PHD for sale production

  8. Re:I get countless dozens of these every week by NardofDoom · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Dubya was right, North Korea is a threat.

    Unfortunately, he pointed to Iraq instead of NK.

    Let's put him on a short bus back to Texas.

    --
    You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!