A Monster Phishing Scam

Security analysts have warned users of the Monster.com website of a phishing attack by Turkish hackers.

Almost a year ago hackers stole the details of 1.3 million users from Monster.com. Even more recently a group used an identity harvesting tool to extract information from resumes posted on Monster and other job sites.

Now a security analyst a McAfee, Greg day, has issued a warning of a new phishing attack at Monster.com that targets both recruiters and those looking for jobs, according to Vnunet.

Day said:

"Scammers are trying more and more diverse and sophisticated techniques to obtain information that can be of financial reward.

"With concerns about potential job cutbacks, many people are looking to the internet to find potential employment opportunities and see what’s available to provide some reassurance in the current climate.

"Unfortunately, scammers are getting wise to this as we have seen with a recent influx of phishing attacks looking to steal personal details by gaining access to online job hunting profiles or tempting victims with information of potential jobs."

The sam involves e-mails purportedly from Monster.com sent to users, urging them to click on a link to update their profiles. McAfee has traced the attack back to a Turkish botnet, but said that if they’re able to obtain plenty of resumes, the potential for ID theft is large.