Friday, July 14, 2006

New Hackers Turn to Old Tools

Seems that since people have learned, often the hard way, not to click on links in unsolicited email messages that the Internet Bad Guys have gone back in time to an old standby - Ma Bell.

USA Today's Article on "Internet con artists turn to 'vishing'" tells us that, ""If you get a telephone call where someone is asking you to provide or confirm any of your personal information, immediately hang up and call your financial institution with the number on the back of the card," said Paul Henry, a vice president with Secure Computing Corp. "If it was a real issue, they can address the issue."

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