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Training workers to be cyber safeAn article posted to Barracuda Labs Internet Security Blog warns that scammers are now tailoring their...
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An article posted to Barracuda Labs Internet Security Blog warns that scammers are now tailoring their phishing messages to prey on people who commonly use their Facebook, Google or Yahoo accounts to login to other websites via OpenID. People who fall for the scam unwittingly give up their login credentials to a thief, and these credentials can then be used for all sorts of nefarious deeds.
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Unfortunately, this scenario is becoming all too common, and the scammers’ attempts at garnering login credentials and other
important information are getting better every day. I nearly fell for one the other day when I had a message that appeared
to come from LinkedIn, a social network I use. The message directed me to confirm my email address so that my LinkedIn invitations
could be sent out. When I hovered over the hyperlink in the message, I noticed the underlying URL looked a little weird—like
it would direct me to a website in Russia. A warning bell went off in my head and I deleted the entire message. Since then,
I’ve had the same message sent to me at least a dozen times, and each time the hyperlink showed a weird address that is definitely
not for LinkedIn.
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