Jun 06, 2016  It’s unclear if the Zuckerberg hack incident relates to the vast cache of compromised LinkedIn email and password data, but it’s possible it does given the timing of the hack — and the fact.

Regularly in the news we hear about organisations having their Twitter or Facebook accounts compromised by cybercriminals – but they’re not the only and fraudsters have an interest in hijacking.Researchers at Symantec have this week of an increasing number of phishing emails being spammed out, claiming to come from LinkedIn’s support team.Due to irregular activities your Linkedln account has been subjected to compulsory security update. Linkedln may sometimes deny logins in cases where we believe the account could have been compromised.To do this we developed a new secure way that keeps your account safe. We have attached a form to this email to complete the process. Please, download and follow the instructions on your screen.Linkedln SupportAttached to the email is an HTML file, which contains a copy of the genuine LinkedIn webpage – albeit changed in one significant way. If you open the boobytrapped HTML file and enter your login credentials they will be sent to the cybercriminals.Of course, what’s clever about an attack like this is the social engineering involved.The email plays on your security fears, worrying that your LinkedIn account may have been or may become compromised. Ironically, whoever is behind the email is planning to do precisely that!And when the email says that it contains a “new secure way that keeps your account safe”, opening and acting upon the attachment is actually the very worst thing you can do.Now, you may think to yourself that you’re a cynical old IT security greybeard, who wouldn’t fall for a trick like this. But can you say that’s true of everybody else at your company?

The sims 3 world adventures expansion pack. You may have encountered plenty of dodgy emails in your time, and be able to sniff out unusual behaviour – but can you be sure that your staff are not more trusting?The risk is that one of your colleagues could fall for a trick this, and hand control of their account over to online criminals.