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No URLs in Recent Phishing Attempts

According to research conducted by Internet security company TrendMicro, phishers are resorting to new ways of fooling users. The ever present URL to the phishing site has no longer been seen in numerous messages analyzed by TrendMicro. It would seem that instead the user is provided with a legitimate e-mail address.A run of the mill phishing attempt involves the user receiving a spam message that directs that user to a phishing site. You will receive a message that goes something like "you need to update your bank account info, please click on the following link", but by doing so you will be directed to a web page that looks very similar t... [read more >>]

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