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eBay hack being used as phishing lure

May 29, 2014 | Phishing

We’ve noted before that hackers will use current news stories to lure you into clicking where you shouldn’t or submitting information you shouldn’t. The latest news story to be used as a phishing lure is the eBay breach we mentioned last week.

This morning, Jonathan French of appriver.com has posted a sample of such a phish and some good advice.

Sample phish using eBay as lure

Sample phish using eBay as lure (appriver.com)

As always, think B4 U Click!

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