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 [...]
Along with the holidays comes an increase in dangerous emails containing viruses that can destroy the data on your computer or cause it to quit working until it is “cleaned.” Described below are two prevalent viruses that are taking the cheer out of the holidays for many people. (Yes, these viruses have struck many people [...]
Our student newspaper posted a story on Monday about spam and how OIT deals with it. The article details some impressive stats. Spam is a touchy subject. No one likes to get it and if even a little bit gets through, it seems like we have a problem. The fact that WVU receives 10 MILLION+ [...]
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 [...]
