Recent Article on Social Engineering/Phishing

Here is a fairly recent article on social engineering/phishing. I know I have been receiving more of these calls on my iPhone.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/cybercriminals-use-computer-security-phone-scam-to-grab-credit-card-details-2298519.html

 

 

Comments

[Securitygearshop]

With facebook teaming up with skype do you think it will be a whole lot easier for worse things to happen?

[Mark Collier]

Yes, within that eco system. We are also seeing Skype used a lot as an origination point for social engineering calls. Its cheap and a way to obfuscate an attackers source number.