No one will ever ask you for your account number or pin. This is not so much a new twist as good old basic social engineering. It stands to reason NEVER to trust any unsolicited form of communication unless you check it out and NOT by calling the number the phisher provides.
This sounds like a classic example of a product that has buzz and feet (dual-core)that gets run through the marketing department.
"hey...people love to play games and they scan for viruses...hmmm..I know! Let 'em do both at once!"
"yeah! How about we bundle a game that auto-starts a virus scan when you open it!"
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"Does RMS allow anyone to copy and modify those autographs?"
Of course! However you must use emacs and call it GNU/graph
No one will ever ask you for your account number or pin. This is not so much a new twist as good old basic social engineering. It stands to reason NEVER to trust any unsolicited form of communication unless you check it out and NOT by calling the number the phisher provides.
This sounds like a classic example of a product that has buzz and feet (dual-core)that gets run through the marketing department. "hey...people love to play games and they scan for viruses...hmmm..I know! Let 'em do both at once!" "yeah! How about we bundle a game that auto-starts a virus scan when you open it!"