Phishing
Salesforce.com Employee Conned By Phisher, Reveals Company Database
Thursday, November 8th, 2007As 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 and malware […]
Yahoo Working with eBay and PayPal to Protect Members from Phishing Emails
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Yahoo 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 […]
1,200 eBay Members Were Victims of Phishing Scam, Not Data Breach, eBay Contends
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The 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 […]
FriendStatus.com Phishing Scam Targets MySpace Users
Thursday, September 13th, 2007The term “FriendStatus.com” appeared on Google Hot Trends for September 12, 2007 and yet there were no news reports. HitsUsa.com has written an analysis of FriendStatus.com and considers it a phishing scam targeting MySpace users:
This scam involves phishing people into giving their email and password to find out the private information, pictures, or video […]