Re: Yet another Visa scam scheme

[Raffael Marty <rmarty () arcsight com>]

> I read that US Federal Government a set up email alert system trying to send
> out cyber alerts. Like others, I am wondering how effective this could be.
>
> In today's faked e-world, everything can be forged. Someone might fake cyber
> alerts and try to lure others to click on buttons or run attachments. Today,
> I received the following phishing email. I checked the link out and checked
> the page asking for PIN, Visa Number. It looks so real.

You are neglecting the fact that those emails are PGP signed. It's up to
the reader to verify the signature, but I'd say that you can expect a 
security analyst to check the signature before he believes (and acts
upon) the contents of such an email.

        Raffy

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Raffael Marty, CISSP                          raffael.marty () arcsight com
Senior Security Engineer                    Content Team @ ArcSight Inc.
1309 South Mary Ave.         Sunnyvale, CA 94087          (408) 328 5562

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