Password Scams
There are two common methods used to trick user into revealing their passwords: impersonation and social engineering.
Impersonation
Impersonated Web Pages
You can find web pages that exist for the sole purpose of collecting user! IDs and passwords. These pages mimic the Login-in screens, and are sometimes referred to as "spoof" or "password phishing" pages.
Do not enter your Cyber Logic Host™ ID or password on any web page unless you are on the Cyber Logic Host™ network and your intent was to visit a Cyber Logic Host™ account that requires you to be signed in. You can quickly see if you are on the Cyber Logic Host™ network by looking at the address box. Web pages on the Cyber Logic Host™ network have URLs that start with: http://www.cyberlogichost.com/. Make sure a "trailing slash" appears after "Cyberlogichost" -- sites that impersonate Cyber Logic Host™ will not have the "trailing slash." For example, "http://www.Cyberlogichost.com:login&mode=secure&i=b35870c196e2fd4a&q=1@16909060" is a bogus URL!
Impersonated Emails
You may receive an email from someone claiming to be a Cyber Logic Host™ employee who asks for your password for any number of reasons -- to help recover your account, prevent your account from being deleted, or identify your account are a few or the more popular scams. The person may ask you to reply with your password or may direct you to a fake sign-in screen. These are scams. Please forward the email to abuse@cyberlogichost.com. Include the full email headers and the HTML source code of the email you received. If you are directed to a web page by an email, make sure the web page is in the Cyber Logic Host™ network, as mentioned above.
Please note: http://www.cyberlogichost.com and http://www.cyberlogichost.net belong to Cyber Logic Host™ network.
Social Engineering
"Social Engineering" is a term that describes non-technical methods used to gain access to accounts, passwords, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, names, addresses or other personally identifying and confidential information. These methods are mostly based on human interactions and, specific to your Cyber Logic Host™ account, can be separated into two types.
Con Games
In a con game, the social engineer will try to convince you to share your password. They may impersonate Cyber Logic Host™ (as mentioned above), claim to be with law enforcement or someone else of authority, or they may befriend you to gain your confidence and offer to help solve problems you may be having with your account. Never share your password. Your password is confidential and should not be given to anyone.
Most online services, including Cyber Logic Host™, hold you responsible if you do not properly safeguard your password and your account is used by another person.
Victim Knowledge
A social engineer may also use information they know about you to guess your password or use our password lookup utility to gain access to your account. To reduce the chance of someone guessing your password, choose your password wisely. Read "Choosing your password" for more information.
Be careful about what you post publicly and with whom you share personal information. Social engineers may take months to gain your trust, get to know you better, and gather information about you. Such scams are not targeted only at Cyber Logic Host™ members. The more popular an Internet service, the more likely fake log-in pages have been set up to collect IDs and passwords. Only give your ID or password when you know you're on a legitimate and trusted web site.
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