What's New: New Phishing Targets Yahoo! Users

According to Websense, an Internet security software firm, a new phishing method is being used to trick Yahoo! users out of their account login and password. A victim would receive an instant message or e-mail purporting to be from a friend wanting to share photos. After capturing the user's login and password the fake web site then forwards the user to the real Yahoo! Photos site, making it difficult for the user to know they had been victimized.

Monday, Sep 26, 2005 03:18 pm CDT

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