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04-30-2010, 03:24 PM
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Recently, Polar over at Securing WoW (http://securingwow.blogspot.com/) wrote about the latest phishing email being sent out by scammers (http://securingwow.blogspot.com/2010/04/beware-2010-arena-tournament-scams.html). Account thieves are using the 2010 Arena Tournament (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/21/world-of-warcraft-arena-tournament-2010-registration-open/) as a way to lure you to their site to steal your login info. (Registration for the tournament ended on the 27th.) This is typical behavior by these crooks. Every time a Blizzard event is announced or even rumored, from the Cataclysm alpha (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/you-are-not-invited-to-the-cataclysm-alpha/) to the StarCraft II beta (http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/starcraft-ii-beta-is-live-beware-of-scams/), scammers take advantage it with legitimate looking emails. With the Cataclysm beta almost upon us, the expansion related phishing (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/12/psa-dont-get-scammed-by-cataclysm-phishing/) is going to get even worse.
But there are also the tried and true emails that are being sent out daily, regardless of upcoming events. They spoof their email so that it looks like it is coming from Blizzard and fill the email with legitimate links, making their info-stealing site link look real. Also, the links have misspellings which are hard to catch at a quick glance, (like "starcratf2" or "worldotwarcraft") and lead to sites that look very much like the official ones.
Blizzard has an excellent resource for protecting yourself from phishing attacks (http://us.battle.net/security/types.html#phishing). In general, if you get an email that looks legitimate, type battle.net in your browser's address bar (spell it correctly (http://www.wow.com/2008/05/01/how-misspelling-might-get-you-keylogged/)). This will take you to the correct site for your region and there you can see the status of your account yourself. Some examples of phishing emails are after the break.Continue reading Security Warning: Phishing emails on the rise (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/30/security-warning-phishing-emails-on-the-rise/)
Filed under: Account Security (http://www.wow.com/category/account-security/)
Security Warning: Phishing emails on the rise (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/30/security-warning-phishing-emails-on-the-rise/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Recently, Polar over at Securing WoW (http://securingwow.blogspot.com/) wrote about the latest phishing email being sent out by scammers (http://securingwow.blogspot.com/2010/04/beware-2010-arena-tournament-scams.html). Account thieves are using the 2010 Arena Tournament (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/21/world-of-warcraft-arena-tournament-2010-registration-open/) as a way to lure you to their site to steal your login info. (Registration for the tournament ended on the 27th.) This is typical behavior by these crooks. Every time a Blizzard event is announced or even rumored, from the Cataclysm alpha (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/you-are-not-invited-to-the-cataclysm-alpha/) to the StarCraft II beta (http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/starcraft-ii-beta-is-live-beware-of-scams/), scammers take advantage it with legitimate looking emails. With the Cataclysm beta almost upon us, the expansion related phishing (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/12/psa-dont-get-scammed-by-cataclysm-phishing/) is going to get even worse.
But there are also the tried and true emails that are being sent out daily, regardless of upcoming events. They spoof their email so that it looks like it is coming from Blizzard and fill the email with legitimate links, making their info-stealing site link look real. Also, the links have misspellings which are hard to catch at a quick glance, (like "starcratf2" or "worldotwarcraft") and lead to sites that look very much like the official ones.
Blizzard has an excellent resource for protecting yourself from phishing attacks (http://us.battle.net/security/types.html#phishing). In general, if you get an email that looks legitimate, type battle.net in your browser's address bar (spell it correctly (http://www.wow.com/2008/05/01/how-misspelling-might-get-you-keylogged/)). This will take you to the correct site for your region and there you can see the status of your account yourself. Some examples of phishing emails are after the break.Continue reading Security Warning: Phishing emails on the rise (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/30/security-warning-phishing-emails-on-the-rise/)
Filed under: Account Security (http://www.wow.com/category/account-security/)
Security Warning: Phishing emails on the rise (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/30/security-warning-phishing-emails-on-the-rise/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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