DigitalPoint is under heavy Phishing attacks
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DigitalPoint(DP), a webmaster forum is under heavy phishing attacks!
It seems that some people are hacking accounts of DigitalPoint members by sending them unwanted Personal Messages (PMs).
The personal message(s) contain(s) a link to phishing site that looks just like DP! The link mentioned in the PMs look like a DigitalPoint thread link but lead to the phishing site!
The url of the phishing site is http://forums-digitalpoint.com/ .
Make sure that you do not enter into that site.
When a person enters the fake DP forum it prompts the person to enter their DigitalPoint login and after the person logs in the fake site grabs their login information and then redirects to the real DigitalPoint URL.
Examples of phishing message:
The most bad thing is that accounts of many members have been hacked till now!
What you can do?
You can forward the PM received to any of the moderators. I would recommend sending to Smyrl because she takes actions very quickly. 
What if you logged into the phishing site?
You should do the following:
1. Clear all your cookies because the phishing site might be placing a cookie to grab data i.e. Spyware Cookie .
2. Reset your password.
3. Get your new password in your email and use it.
Also run a spyware scan if possible.
I also got tricked for entering my login information into the fake phishing site but i was able to change my password in time.
I hope that these attacks stop ASAP because those fake-phishing sites are exploiting DP!
I have reported the sites to their hosting(ofcourse the hosting was free) and they have replied that they will shut the sites down soon. I have also reported the domains to their registrars. Let’s see what can be done.
Beware!
Update: It seems there is one more phishing site : http://digitalpoint.freeweb7.com/digitalpoint/
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oh! my god
i received one PM like this
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the link above and status bar is different.i just know when reading this blog
here is my screenshot
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5695/mygodmm1.jpg
Anyone be careful before click link.Always look at status bar
I only have 2 words for that spammer! “FUK YOURSELF!”
Thank you for the post. Your warning and tips are useful not only for digitalpoint’s members, but also other forum’s member…I am very sure that those spammer will attack as many forum as they can.
hey
its very unconventional point of view.
Nice post.
realy gj
thx