Comments on: Apple Macs targeted by phishers just as intensely as Windows PCs http://lastwatchdog.com/apple-macs-targeted-phishers-intensely-windows-pcs/ on Internet security by Byron Acohido Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:14:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: mike_wood_sophos http://lastwatchdog.com/apple-macs-targeted-phishers-intensely-windows-pcs/#comment-981 mike_wood_sophos Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:56:51 +0000 http://lastwatchdog.com/?p=3670#comment-981 Indeed, Mac users are just as vulnerable as PC users to true phishing attacks, as being tricked into giving up one's personal information is a human vulnerability and not the machine's. That being said, it is important not to get caught up in media hype of what is falsely being reported as a Mac phishing attack (http://www.9to5mac.com/mac_phishing_warning_30085), which is nothing more than another Trojan spam campaign of <a href="http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/17/payment-request-emails-carry-dangerous-payload/" rel="nofollow">phony payment messages</a>. Mike Wood Threat Researcher Sophos Inc. Indeed, Mac users are just as vulnerable as PC users to true phishing attacks, as being tricked into giving up one’s personal information is a human vulnerability and not the machine’s. That being said, it is important not to get caught up in media hype of what is falsely being reported as a Mac phishing attack (http://www.9to5mac.com/mac_phishing_warning_30085), which is nothing more than another Trojan spam campaign of phony payment messages.

Mike Wood
Threat Researcher
Sophos Inc.

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