Facebook has initiated working with Online security firm Websense to protect users from Phishing by adding a phishing safety net.
Next week you will be met by this safety pop-up if you are heading for a potentially dangerous website:
Facebook is a likely target for scammers and often people click on links supposedly posted by friends. The target is to gain access to passwords.
Source: BBC News
Are you also tired of the endless amounts of trickery and online scams. Perhaps it’s time to fight back?
Here are some addresses you can forward such emails to. Also included are bank, and business addresses for reporting phishing and scam emails.
US CERT (US Computer Emergency Response Team) phishing-report@us-cert.gov
Federal Trade Commission spam@uce.gov
EarthLink Fraud fraud@abuse.earthlink.net
Anti-Phishing Working Group reportphishing@antiphishing.org
Fraud Watch International fraudwatch@fraudwatchinternational.com
Phish Tank phish@phishtank.com
Chase Bank abuse@chase.com
Zenith Bank ebusiness@zenithbank.com
Oceanic Bank customercare@oceanicbank.com
Abbey National Bank customerservices@abbey.com
Union Bank PLC customerservice@unionbankng.com
Lloyds TSB Banking emailscams@lloydstsb.co.uk
South Western Federal Credit Union contactus@swfcu.org
Federal Express abuse@fedex.com
DHL Express Fraud.alert@dhl.com
Wells Fargo reportphish@wellsfargo.com
Publishers Clearing House PCHabuse@pch.com
Capitol One abuse@capitalone.com
Pay Pal spoof@paypal.com
Bank of America abuse@bankofamerica.com
USAA Bank abuse@usaa.com
HSBC Bank usphishing@us.hsbc.com
NatWest Bank phishing@natwest.com
If you want to fight the sleezy scum of internet frauds you can join the phish-fighting community at Phishtank, a site where anyone can submit, verify, track and share phishing data. More at www.phishtank.com.
Until next time 
Peter – Your Online Security Guide
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The entire objective of phishing is to steal your identity and thus get your money. Knowing this can save you from a lot of trouble and pain. Don’t click on links from strangers (don’t take candy either). These scams are called phishing because they “fish” for your dough and ID. There are precautions you can take, most importantly learn how to recognize a scam when you see one.
Con men say that “a sucker is born every minute”. On the Internet, it seems that a scam is born every minute while simultaneously recycling the old. I still get emails from Nigeria alerting me to the funds they have waiting for me.
The phishermen will attempt to alarm you. They will tell you the sky is falling and your account is about to be shut down. Don’t fall for it. Banks do not send emails to folks telling them their bank account is going to be closed. They just don’t operate that way.
The phishermen will promise you that you can go from rags to riches with very little effort on your part. Just sign on the dotted line…
The phishermen will present you with a deal that sounds too good to be true. And you know what – it is too good to be true. Don’t fall for that con.
The phishermen in times of trouble like a natural disaster will humbly request your donation to some charitable organization. Make sure they are really a valid charity before dispensing your hard-earned cash.
Alas the phishermen does not spell all that well and is guilty of some atrocious grammar. You don’t have to pull out your grammar text to recognize the tortured English you are reading.
The phishermen love scams like tech support, lotteries or sweepstakes. They often use famous names in their emails. Keep the delete button handy.
As we have discussed so many times, please watch out for the Rogue security software scams a favorite of the phisherman. Rogue security software, aka “scareware,” is software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading alerts, or attempts to lure you into participating in fraudulent transactions. These scams can appear in email, online advertisements, your social networking site, search engine results, or even in pop-up windows on your computer that might appear to be part of your operating system, but are not. These guys are most insidious so stay suspicious.
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Hextually transmitted pathogen encrypts filesA ransomware Trojan threat is back – in an even more noxious form – two years after it last appeared.…
Source: The Register – Security
Do you prefer to:Fraudsters have exploited excitement over this week’s launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops as a base for online scams.…
Supposed cracks for the eagerly awaited first-person shooter actually take gamers through a variety of shonky online surveys, warns GFI Security researcher Chris Boyd.
The surveys falsely offer iPads and suchlike as potential prizes for completing a series of questions. In reality, the surveys only exist to trick potential marks into handing over personal information for later misuse.
Source: The Register – Security
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Read about the study at Malware City
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Researchers at security firm BitDefender have detected a new do-it-yourself kit created to produce customized Trojans that pilfer Facebook login details, passwords stored inside browsers and even VPN credentials.
The kit is termed as “Facebook Hacker” and it is very easy to configure, just like any do-it-yourself tool crafted with the ‘skiddie’ [script kiddie] in mind.
BitDefender’s Loredana Botezatu explains:
“Once run, the malicious tool will snatch the victim’s Facebook account’s credentials, along with all the usernames and passwords that we carelessly ask the browser to remember for us … because Facebook Hacker also targets the Internet browser and instant messaging clients to pick up the entire list of “remembered” identification data.”
Source: ESecurityPlanet
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