Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire
Tue, Feb 24th, 2009 |
It’s been a rough day for Gmail. After a lengthy service outage this morning, Gmail is now being attacked by a phishing scam that is spreading like wildfire.
I became alerted to it when I received IMs from three people I hadn’t talked to in some time within a matter of minutes – one a marketing exec at a prominent startup – with typical phishing jargon “check this out!” with a link to a tinyurl that when clicked, points you to a site called ViddyHo. Apparently, the site sends out the message to all of your Google Talk contacts.
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