There is a Facebook scam that Mashable was warning about today. In case you haven’t yet read the warning:
WARNING: Facebook Scam On the Loose, Steals Passwords
Facebook is falling prey to a widespread phishing attack today that tries to steal your login and spam your friends.
I’ve got a number of messages in my Facebook inbox with [...]
Recently TechCrunch and CNN reported that Facebook users are not immune to phishing attempts. CNN reported that some Facebook users have seen their accounts compromised and their friends solicited for cash. One example given was a Facebook user supposedly messaged his friends claiming that he had been robbed in London and needed money wired to [...]
We got a brief mention in a post yesterday by Steve Kolowich on the The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “The Wired Campus” blog.
Should Colleges Warn Users About Twitter Scam?
Last week, a “phishing” scam struck Twitter, a micro-blogging service. It was a new problem for the latest species of social-networking site. And like most new problems [...]
I guess the scammers of the world have decided to time their attacks on the WVU community with the beginning of school this year. Yesterday we saw two phishing scams targeting…well… everyone. One scam was actually a phone scam. Here is what we posted on it yesterday:
New phone phishing scam circulating
WVU faculty, staff, students and [...]
