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Monday, 23 September 2013

Danger, Danger ... Linked-In Phish Alert

Nearly got caught out by this one as nefarious criminal masterminds are always at work on the net

Thankfully this threat was thwarted by my Anti-Virus software but a relatively authentic looking request "to connect to" was/is a hidden trojan.


By clicking on View Profile (and I guess if you do Accept) a nasty little bit of malware (not the Ben 10 Alien type) will try and run (installing said trojan))

Just passing the message on as the Internet is a jungle out there! If in doubt go through LinkedIn proper to do your research/review ;)
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2 comments:

  1. Paul Liddle23 September 2013 at 18:50

    Thanks for the heads up.

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  2. Monty23 September 2013 at 19:37

    Cheers Geordie! I've been getting increased Linked-In requests of late and am always double-checking who they are before committing, but you never can be too sure ;)

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