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Salesforce.com Employee Conned By Phisher, Reveals Company Database

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Data Breaches, Phishing

As reported by Information Week: A Salesforce.com employee bit on the bait of a phisher, and now the Web-based CRM software provider is warning customers not to fall for the same cybercriminal tricks. On its Trust.Salesforce.com Web site this week, Salesforce.com posted a “letter about security” to customers alerting them to be cautious of “phishing [...]

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Yahoo Working with eBay and PayPal to Protect Members from Phishing Emails

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Phishing

Yahoo Inc. announced that it is working with eBay Inc. to prevent phishing emails from reaching Yahoo mail recipients: Yahoo Inc, is working with auction leader eBay Inc and its PayPal payments unit to block fake e-mails to users purporting to be from eBay and PayPal, hoping to spur on an industry that has been [...]

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1,200 eBay Members Were Victims of Phishing Scam, Not Data Breach, eBay Contends

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Phishing

The confidential information of 1,200 eBay members wound up on a public discussion board: The perpetrator of the data disclosure on about 1,200 eBay members didn’t hack into eBay systems, spokeswoman Nichola Sharpe said in an e-mail interview, reiterating an assurance eBay made when the incident happened on Tuesday. eBay is working with law enforcement [...]

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