Study: Beware LinkedIn Invitations, Mail Delivery Messages

Phishers favor emails that appear to be from LinkedIn friends or email systems, study says

Dark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

December 12, 2013

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Beware messages that appear to be invitations to connect on LinkedIn -- that's a phishing attacker's favorite ruse, according to a study published Wednesday.

The 2013 phishing study, published by security vendor Websense, offers a list of the top five subject lines used by attackers to disguise phishing emails. The list:

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