Saturday, September 29, 2012

Security Update: Fictitious Microsoft Windows Update email steals Your Passwords

<p>Home &gt;&gt; Security &gt;&gt; Security Update: Fictitious Microsoft Windows Update email steals Your Passwords</p><p>The next time you open your inbox and find an e-mail purportedly from privacy@microsoft.com, don't open it and delete it at once. You could be another victim of a vicious phishing attack. The ruse is basically designed to rob the Gmail, Yahoo, Windows Live and AOL passwords.</p><p>According to Naked Security, a blog by IT security firm Sophos, the e-Mail with an innocuous title 'Microsoft Windows Update', asks users to enter personal log-in information and verify their e-mail accounts.</p><p>Sharp eyed netizens were however puzzled by the odd capital letters and bad grammar of the letter supposedly signed by the Microsoft Windows Team. The e-mail also ominously warns the users to verify their account by clicking on the button or else their account will be suspended.</p><p><a href="http://www.pc-tablet.com/6828-security-update-fictitious-microsoft-windows-update-email-steals-passwords/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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