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Archive for 26. October 2007
California Wildfires Spawn Phishing Sites
26. October 2007 by admin.
California Wildfires Spawn Phishing Sites
added October 26, 2007 at 03:15 pmUS-CERT has received reports of multiple phishing sites that attempt to trick users into donating funds to fraudulent foundations in the aftermath of the California Wildfires. US-CERT warns users to expect an increase in targeted phishing emails due to the recent events in California.Phishing emails may appear as requests from a charitable organization asking the users to click on a link that will then take them to a fraudulent site that appears to be a legitimate charity. The users are then asked to provide personal information that can further expose them to future compromises.Users are encouraged to take the following measures to protect themselves from this type of phishing attack:1. Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
2. Contact your financial institution immediately if you believe your account/and or financial information has been compromised.For additional information regarding phishing, US-CERT recommends reading the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document.
Source: produced by US-CERT
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Welcome to GCSD’s Cyber Crime Blog
26. October 2007 by admin.
Welcome to the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Gibson County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Garnett heads-up investigations related to cyber and computer related crimes. Our goal is to have this area of our website act as an information portal for anyone wanting to gather more information on computer-related crimes. We have created an Internet Safety discussion area on our forums for citizens to participate in discussion. Cyber and computer related crimes is an area that continues to evolve and change regularly. We will continue to add and update this page on our website. Also if you want to add comments to any of articles that are posted, we encourage you to do so. To prevent spam you must register and provide a valid e-mail address. Once your first comment is posted it will be reviewed before being published. This should take no longer than 24 hours.
You can contact our cyber crime unit by sending an e-mail to cybercrime-at-gibsoncountysheriff dot com
(NOTE: please drag mouse over and copy & paste e-mail address into our e-mail header. DO NOT click on link)
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