has offered to sell code that will allow a person to hijack Yahoo
e-mail.
The hacker, said to be an Egyptian, with the username: TheHell, has
offered an exploit for the price of $700 on an underground cyber crime
community called: Darkode.
In recent times, a lot of YahooMail users, especially Nigerians, have
complained about unauthorised users tampering with their email
accounts.
These scammers, who hack into email accounts, are fond of sending
fictitious messages to unsuspecting friends and family members of
account owners, asking for financial bail out.
Such messages are drafted as if account owners are stranded abroad.
The aim is to obtain money or other goods through a dishonest means,
therefore, Yahoo Mail account owners have been warned to be beware of
such messages.
According to an online security blogger, Brian Krebs, who noticed the
publicity from the suspected hacker, the plan will work "when an
unsuspecting email user click on a malicious hyperlink, sent in an
email.
"By clicking on the link, they unwittingly allow a cyber attacker
access to their Yahoo Mail account".
Tell your friends about this ASAP!!
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