Video Game Phishing

Original release date: April 29, 2011 at 10:15 am
Last revised: April 29, 2011 at 10:15 am


US-CERT is aware of reports that some users on the Xbox 360 video game
system are receiving potential phishing attempts through an in-game
messaging service. In-game message phishing is not a Microsoft issue
and has nothing to do with Xbox LIVE. Games are products of third
party developers that are playable on Xbox LIVE and other gaming
systems.

Microsoft has posted a service alert on the Xbox LIVE status
page regarding this issue.

US-CERT encourages users to take the following measures to protect
themselves from these types of phishing attacks:
* Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document
for more information on avoiding email scams.
* Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
document for more information on social engineering attacks.

Relevant Url(s):
<http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html>

<http://support.xbox.com/en-us/Pages/xbox-live/xbox-live-status.aspx>

<http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/emailscams_0905.pdf>

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