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Phishers Take Aim At Yahoo Photo Sharing

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Posted 26 September 2005 - 02:08 PM

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Websense® Security Labs™ has observed a change in the technique used in phishing attacks, which target users of Yahoo!. Phishing attacks attempt to capture a user's Yahoo! ID and password by displaying a fake Yahoo! Sign In page, and have been around for some time. Recently, though, these phishing sites have begun using alternative Yahoo! Sign In pages, such as Yahoo! Photos.

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Phishers Take Aim At Yahoo Photo Sharing
September 26, 2005
By  Gregg Keizer

Phishers have switched tactics in their ongoing attempt to lift usernames and passwords from unsuspecting Yahoo users, a security company said, by turning to secondary sign-on pages, such as that for the Yahoo Photos image sharing service.

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