Scam Alert: Photo Phishing
By: Bob Hansen, KNSD
Updated: November 15, 2012
(KNSD) Hackers will look for anything they can turn into cash.
Sometimes they are looking for the obvious, login names, passwords and banking information. But the hackers of the future could be looking through your personal photos.
"We don't know what they're trying to do with those images," said Stephen Cobb with ESET Security, "but it's an indication of where future attacks may be coming."
Read more: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Phishing-For-Photos-179033551.html#ixzz2CE5N8v3q
Sometimes they are looking for the obvious, login names, passwords and banking information. But the hackers of the future could be looking through your personal photos.
"We don't know what they're trying to do with those images," said Stephen Cobb with ESET Security, "but it's an indication of where future attacks may be coming."
Read more: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Phishing-For-Photos-179033551.html#ixzz2CE5N8v3q
