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Phishing scam targets MobileMe users

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Aug 13, 2008 at 05:53 AM

An e-mail has been making the rounds recently, aimed specifically at MobileMe users. Disguised as a billing e-mail, it asks users to enter billing information by clicking a link to a website that is clearly not Apple-related. “We were unable to process your most recent payment. Did you recently change… Continue Reading »

Be wary, phishers targeting iTunes users

by Mark Rowland on May 21, 2008 at 06:40 PM

For the first time in Apple’s history, an Apple program is the target of a Phishing scam.  Recently, thousands of iTunes users have received fraudulent emails, asking them for personal information including credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, mother’s maiden name, and more.  Andrew Lochart of Proofpoint, inc. expressed his… Continue Reading »

PayPal welcomes Safari back into the fold

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Apr 21, 2008 at 09:29 AM

PayPal was considering blocking Safari users from accessing their website due to security risks that the browser has a few days ago. Because Safari doesn’t have any built-in support for anti-phishing, it was considered very unsafe by PayPal. I can bring Safari and PayPal users good news: Safari has been… Continue Reading »

No more PayPal for Safari?

by Mark Rowland on Apr 19, 2008 at 12:12 PM

Citing an increase in attempted Phishing attempts on PayPal’s user database, PayPal says there is a very good chance that older versions of Internet Explorer (IE 4 and later), along with the all versions of Safari, may be blocked from the site.  Safari and older versions of IE lack phishing… Continue Reading »

PayPal excludes Safari from “Safer Browsers”

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Mar 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM

Millions of people are victims to e-mail fraud and fake websites known as “phishing”. PayPal users are vulnerable to phishing all the time. For those who don’t know what PayPal phishing is, it’s basically a replica of PayPal’s login screen, and when you enter your details, instead of logging you… Continue Reading »

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