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It would seem that Google Calendar is plagued by all sorts of problems, the most recent of them being phishing attacks. Google representatives ask users to ignore suspicious messages and click the “Report Phishing” button instead of reading the message, opening links included in the message or downloading any attachments.

Phillip Lessen was one of the first to receive such a message. It was entitled “[Invitation] VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT” and seemed to be sent by Google’s customer care. (more…)

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Phishing scams occur every once in a while and users have started to get used to them; nevertheless, there are some cases when such an attack may prove to be pretty dangerous.
The most recently reported PayPal phishing scam attempts to steal PayPal credentials by using the same traditional method: an email message that informs users that their account information must be updated, the provided link redirecting them to a fake website asking for the mentioned data. Since a lot of users have received the phishing email, Ryan K., Community Manager of Yahoo Mail, came up front and revealed some of the tricky elements of the scam, which could keep you on the safe side.
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We’ve seen a lot of phishing scams in the recent few weeks and it seems like this avalanche of attacks is not even close to its end. The NSW Fraud Squad officers
today warned the Sydney residents that a phone phishing scam attempts to lure them into disclosing private information such as financial details and bank accounts. An automated phone call received by lots of residents asks them to press a certain phone button in order to talk with an official of the District Court. If they follow the advice, consumers are then talking with someone claiming to be Colin Dyson from the Fraud Squad who asks for all sort of private details including bank accounts.

According to the NSW police dept., the victims of the scam are being told that they are the targets of identity thefts so they must move their money to other accounts in order to be sure that the said attacker doesn’t manage to get them.
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