I just received an email supposedly from “security@logmein.com” claiming that LogMeIn.com is moving to 1024 bit encryption from 128 bit. I am an avid user of LogMeIn and love their service. This seemed a bit odd to me so I decided to investigate this a bit further. As it turns out, it is a Phishing Scam that is now trying to get users to put in their LogMeIn information. (I have covered Phishing scams before. See posts #1, #2 and #3.) This is a very big concern to any LogMeIn users since this essentially gives the scammer access to any accounts in the LogMeIn user’s profile. The good news is, though, that it would be seemingly difficult for the scammer to actually access a computer in said account because you also need to have the security credentials of the computer that is being accessed.
I wanted to be sure that people understand what this phishing scam looks like so that they know to AVOID it. Here are the details:
The Email
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