Monster.com Accounts Compromised!

Many people use Monster.com to look for JOBS. According to an article in the BBC, monster.com suffered an online attack that led to personal data belonging to hundreds of thousands of users be uploaded to a remote server. Remember that this data contains information that can be used for phishing attacks against you. If you have an account with monster.com, be aware of phishing emails. One scenario can be of a company emailing you about a certain job and is asking for more information to be emailed back to them. DO THE RESEARCH FIRST. Make sure the company is legitimate. Remember, never give your information over email to anyone.

Another very important scenario is if you get an email from monster.com asking you to download a Job seeker tool; DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT. According to Symantec, this such tool can encrypt all your data on you computer and then leave a ransom note asking for something in return for the decryption of you files. Once again be careful and be aware.

Related Information: Symantec Security Response Weblog: A Monster Trojan

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~ by prdz3 on August 23, 2007.