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Skype Phishing

Google mail is usually quite good at catching spam and phishing but a Skype phishing lure just got through to me. It the usual kind of message which claims my account needs to be updated by Sept. 16 and even warned me:

We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.

If the grammatical errors aren't enough to give this away, the masked URL to a non-Skype site should do the trick. I'm surprised Gmail missed this one.

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Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net