It looks like a phish but isn’t
- Friday, February 5, 2010, 11:55
- Threat Research
This is really bad for so many reasons. It certainly doesn’t help their security.
And yes, it’s completely legitimate.
Alex Eckelberry
Source: Sunbelt Blog
You don’t often (if ever) see emails asking for login credentials to a tiny (albeit respectable) college. Given that Hampshire College has under 2,000 students, one wonders exactly what the phishers are aiming for.
Here’s a Facebook phish that claims you’ve won $200,000,000 from “Zynga Special Gifts”, while displaying elements from the legit Texas Holdem Poker App page. It also pastes a popup box over the top:
New vector for malicious links – WoW whisper message leads to keyloggerOur friend Douglas received a whisper (chat message) from someone using the handle “BlizzaICOL” while he was playing WoW telling him that the beta is
Just because a site is a .gov doesn’t mean it’s safe from harm. A Chinese .gov portal that appears to be for tourism in the Hadian District of Beijing currently looks like this:
iTunes Gift cards can be pretty expensive, and of course this means there are people who will quite happily go to great lengths to take them from you. While looking around a fake Facebook Hack website, I noticed
You don’t often (if ever) see emails asking for login credentials to a tiny (albeit respectable) college. Given that Hampshire College has under 2,000 students, one wonders exactly what the phishers are aiming for.
Here’s a Facebook phish that claims you’ve won $200,000,000 from “Zynga Special Gifts”, while displaying elements from the legit Texas Holdem Poker App page. It also pastes a popup box over the top:
New vector for malicious links – WoW whisper message leads to keyloggerOur friend Douglas received a whisper (chat message) from someone using the handle “BlizzaICOL” while he was playing WoW telling him that the beta is
Just because a site is a .gov doesn’t mean it’s safe from harm. A Chinese .gov portal that appears to be for tourism in the Hadian District of Beijing currently looks like this:
iTunes Gift cards can be pretty expensive, and of course this means there are people who will quite happily go to great lengths to take them from you. While looking around a fake Facebook Hack website, I noticed
This is really bad for so many reasons. It certainly doesn’t help their security.
And yes, it’s completely legitimate.
Alex Eckelberry