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Hi5.com Spam

Sophos posted a blog entry about a fake hi5.com friend request.
The invite tells the user to enter their credentials on a fake replica of the login portal at hi5.com.
The article includes a screen shot of the email. The email message includes a picture, a paragraph, and a link. Sophos notes that the name of the supposed sender varies. The author of the article, J. Legare, also notes that the bottom links of the fake site are broken.
Legare suggests that users who were fooled by this spam should change their password at hi5.com as soon as they can.
Source: Sophos

Thanks for the heads up Nigel, forewarned is forearmed.

Norm

Thanks Nigel, there's been a similar one from Hotmail declaring that your account will be closed if you don't re-enter your particulars

I'd seen that one Joan. 'tis the the season to be jolly-well got at.

Norm

Hi, Norm & Joan,

'Tis the season to be careful ...

There are more attacks reported over the holiday period than at any other comparable period in the year.

Whether it's that there are more people spending more time on-line I don't know but it's certainly a good idea to be extra careful.

Lets just wish the spammers and malware writers an Un-happy Christmas and a bankrupt New Year