It is surely of no surprise, especially to regular readers of our Weblog, that not only banks are targeted by phishing attacks, but nearly anything that can be scammed. We already commented on the rise in attacks targeting virtual worlds and especially massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in earlier posts.

The growing market for virtual currency and player accounts does attract new scammers. It’s the nature of things that if something becomes popular to use, it will also become popular to attack. There was no exclamation of surprise then (a.k.a. Wow!) when I saw the latest phishing email for World of Warcraft. In general, it attempted to get a reaction from me by telling me that my account was temorarly suspended and that I need to log in to verify my details. Well actually, I would rather not log in to unlock my account but hey, it’s their story, not mine. Symantec Security Response Weblog: World of PhishCraft

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