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barney


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Sigh. Here we go again. I just got an email message from one Magdalena Kessler, informing me I should reset my Twitter password (for one of our Web site feeds). She helpfully includes a link that looks like it’s at twitter.com/account/password_reset — but, of course, we know it’s not.

Here’s what the message looks like in Outlook (and no, I didn’t download images):

Read more here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/beware-twitter-password-reset-messages/9050



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Yep -- phishng e-mail has reached epidemic proportions of late!
I report them to US-CERT.



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