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Phishers Target WordPress Plugin Authors

Monday, March 26, 2012

With the popularity of WordPress (72 million+ WordPress-powered sites) its not a surprise to see the increasing number or instances of attacks on blogs and websites running the software. The attacks are not only focused on the bugs and flaws of the software but also target the individuals using WordPress through malware-laced themes and plugins. [...]

Facebook Password Reset Scam

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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If you receive a password reset email from Facebook on your inbox, be careful! Facebook users are being warned of a malicious email password reset scam that is making its rounds and quickly spreading across the social network the past couple of days. This massive spam run is the latest version of malicious emails targetting [...]

BlueHost Phishing Email

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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I received an interesting email earlier today from the PinoyBlogosphere mailing list. It was from a blogger named Louie and it was about an email he supposedly received from his hosting provider BlueHost asking him to update his account to avoid suspension. As soon as I saw the subject of the email, I knew it [...]

Another PayPal Phishing Email

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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Last week, I received another phishing email pretending to be from PayPal. This time, it was easier to spot that it was a fake email compared to the first PayPal phishing email I got earlier this month. What’s good is that Gmail’s spam filtering system was able to detect it was a phishing email and [...]