Adult Phishing Scam Targets Thousands of Tumblr-ers
This particular phishing scheme stands out from others. In fact that the scammers are using the compromised Tumblr accounts to set up more and more phishing pages, which are all registered in the last few weeks to bogus clients.
Tumblr users have been the target of an aggressive phishing campaign within the last week and even now can be lured into entering their login credentials for access to adult content. According to GFI researchers, who first reported the incident, the scheme is working extremely well.
Researchers accessed one of the dropzones of the stolen credentials and discovered an enormous amount of data.
“The problem has become so pervasive that regular Tumblr users are setting up dedicated anti-phishing sites to advise users of the problem,” say the researchers.
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