Christmas - watch out for social engineering, folks!

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Hi malware fighters,

Watch out for some of the favorite social engineering techniques to get you infected…

  1. Shopping Invoices for Ghost Transactions.
  2. Bogus Courier Receipts Delivering Trojans.
  3. e-Commerce Phishing.
  4. Mining Personal Data — Bogus Gift Card Promos
  5. Compromised High-Traffic Websites.
  6. Poisoned Christmas Shopping Search Results.
  7. Malvertisements: Malicious Advertisements
  8. Greeting Cards — Bringing Bad Tidings.
  9. Fake Charity Sites.
  10. Bargain-Hunter Scams.

Read: http://blog.trendmicro.com/‘tis-the-season-to-stay-secure/

Your name does not have to be Kevin Mitnick to be aware, read all ten in the link given above,

Wishing you a malware free season,

pol

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Thanks for the info and link. :slight_smile:

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Hey polonus well done and thanks. I’ll be ever vigilant now. Have a good christmas Cheers Auslan.