watch out for linkedin scam/trojan
polycounter lvl 18
Hi all, long time no see, etc etc. Um, not to fear monger, but since loads of people here use LinkedIn I thought I'd share this. Apparently there is a new phishingscam going on where you get a mail from LinkedIn which asks you to notify/confirm one or another.
Seemingly this stuff looks like the real deal, but infact what it does is install a trojan via various windows/explorer exploits. Once installed this stuff will go after your passwords, bankaccount and all that wonderful stuff.
The article:
http://www.barracudalabs.com/wordpress/index.php/2011/08/27/how-a-linkedin-notice-could-empty-your-bank-account/
In short any email from linkedin that doesn't have @linkedin.com (but @report-linkedin.com, @em.linkedin.com, @blah-linkedin.com) is a fake.
So just a headsup to watch your linkedin mails carefully (for the time being)
Over and out!
Seemingly this stuff looks like the real deal, but infact what it does is install a trojan via various windows/explorer exploits. Once installed this stuff will go after your passwords, bankaccount and all that wonderful stuff.
The article:
http://www.barracudalabs.com/wordpress/index.php/2011/08/27/how-a-linkedin-notice-could-empty-your-bank-account/
In short any email from linkedin that doesn't have @linkedin.com (but @report-linkedin.com, @em.linkedin.com, @blah-linkedin.com) is a fake.
So just a headsup to watch your linkedin mails carefully (for the time being)
Over and out!
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