Phishers Target Google AdWords Users
May 7th, 2008
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Security experts at Trend Micro have warned of a Google AdWords phishing attack designed to steal sensitive information.
Victims of the scam receive an email notification informing them that their last AdWords payment has not been successful and asking them to update their payment information.
The link displayed in the email body appears to be legitimate, but is actually a compromised site hosted in a number of different countries including Romania, Brazil and Canada.
Trend Micro believes that Google’s huge popularity has led hackers to intensify attacks on the company’s websites, following successful attacks on Google Calendar.
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