Comments on: How to deal with Phishing http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/ TOM is not for introducing new, cutting-edge technology, but rather to highlight helpful, proven technologies. Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jfarnham http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1231 jfarnham Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:29:21 +0000 http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1231 I recently started sending emails to myself regularly. Soon after I started doing this, I started receiving phishing attempts and spam from "myself"! At first I wondered whether or not my account had been hijacked, but after reading this article, the most likely explanation seems to be that the emails were not actually sent from my address. I recently started sending emails to myself regularly. Soon after I started doing this, I started receiving phishing attempts and spam from “myself”! At first I wondered whether or not my account had been hijacked, but after reading this article, the most likely explanation seems to be that the emails were not actually sent from my address.

]]> By: ttsien http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1230 ttsien Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:24:55 +0000 http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1230 One thing to pay attention to is the link of the credit union email connects to a server. I received another one pretending to be from the state department. "http://61.221.40.44/icons/small/www.sdfcu.org/login/index.htm" DO NOT CLICK THIS IS A PHISHING URL, I'm using this as an example It pretends to be a top level domain .org, but really its just a folder in the server named as the url. Its interesting how many wesleyan students are receiving these of late. One thing to pay attention to is the link of the credit union email connects to a server.
I received another one pretending to be from the state department.

“http://61.221.40.44/icons/small/www.sdfcu.org/login/index.htm”
DO NOT CLICK THIS IS A PHISHING URL, I’m using this as an example

It pretends to be a top level domain .org, but really its just a folder in the server named as the url.

Its interesting how many wesleyan students are receiving these of late.

]]> By: ccuadrado http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1227 ccuadrado Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:55:19 +0000 http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1227 Some students have been getting phishing attempt e-mails targeted at them from the Department of State Credit Union, spoofed to look as if it were from the actual address. Some students have been getting phishing attempt e-mails targeted at them from the Department of State Credit Union, spoofed to look as if it were from the actual address.

]]> By: edavis http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1226 edavis Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:54:07 +0000 http://tom.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/03/03/how-to-deal-with-phishing/#comment-1226 This is a timely blog, as today I received an email designed to look like it came from the credit uniion. I immediately called them to make sure that I was correct in my feeling that it was not from them and it wasn't. This is a timely blog, as today I received an email designed to look like it came from the credit uniion. I immediately called them to make sure that I was correct in my feeling that it was not from them and it wasn’t.

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