The Trend Micro Content Security Team just discovered a phishing attack targeting Slingshot Communications, Inc. A phishing email pretends to update a customer’s existing account. It also includes the legitimate contact number of the company to make it seem authentic. Figure 1. Phishing email sent to users Figure 2. The Slingshot phishing site Slingshot Communications,…
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Fraud Analyst
Advertisers beware! Trend Micro researchers recently discovered a phishing attack that targets Yahoo! Search Marketing users. A phishing email that pretends to help update the recipient’s account is spammed to users, hoping to convince them into giving out account credentials. Screenshots below: Figure 1: Spammed phishing email containing link to phishing page Figure 2: Phishing…
Read MoreDo you want to go to US for a vacation? For the obvious convenience, most travelers already buy airline tickets online. Beware, though, because as Advanced Threat Researcher Paul Ferguson has discovered the following American Airlines phish it seems a unique profit opportunity for malware writers is emerging: Figure 1. American Airlines phishing page The…
Read MorePhotobucket is, by far, one of the largest photo-sharing sites in the world. It is generally used for personal photographic albums, remote storage of avatars displayed on Internet forums, and storage of videos. Lots of people may opt to keep their albums private, allow password-protected guest access, or open them up to the public. And…
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