A new phishing attack has reared its head, targeting Hotmail/MSN users with an old chestnut of an attack: emails to users containing fake account breach warnings.
The email, which has the subject line "CONFIRMATION ALERT RESET (2013)", is sent from a generic @msn.com email address. It urges the user to reply via email with their full name, username, password, date of birth and country in order to confirm their identity.
“It's a brand new year and you would like to think that computer users are getting smarter about securing their systems, and not falling for the age-old tricks used by cybercriminals,” said Sophos security researcher Graham Cluley, in a blog post. “However, we still see our fair share of elementary unsophisticated attacks designed to steal credentials from the unwary.”
In this latest case, the emails purport to be from the Windows Live Team, warning of account closure
Read more; http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/30210/phishing-attack-targets-msn-users-with-oldschool-tactics/
