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  • Beware of Phishing

    Posted by funkydude on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:46:58

    A big deal lately with the security of wow accounts seems to be phishing. Fake whispers in-game are stating to show up nearly as much as gold advertising.

    With the admitted leak of email addresses on the WarcraftRealms website earlier in December due to a security hole, you need to be more cautious as ever, as phishing email is now back on the rise. The email read:
    http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6051/wrealms.png

    These people will stop at nothing to get your wow details, here is a perfect example of a classic phishing email:
    http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8303/fakez.png

    At first glance, this looks extremely authentic. Note that even the email originates from "blizzard.com" which goes against the in-game loading screen "tip" of trusting emails with such extensions. Infact the only give away that this is a phishing email is when you hover over the link, you can see it forwards to a non-blizzard website, an attempt to steal your account details.

    I see people frequently say things like "My computer is secure". That may be fine and dandy, but did you ever stop to think about the security of websites out of your control? The truth is, you just can't guarantee this security. So here's a few tips:

    • Keep your wow password unique, do NOT use the same password anywhere else.
    • Double, even triple think about entering your login details anywhere.
    • Buy an authenticator, you won't regret it. The peace of mind it will bring you far outweighs any downsides. Also, I know you want that cute pet.
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SC2Mapster is currently under construction.

We hope to create a community for people interested in creating Starcraft 2 Maps, helping out those who do, or just interested in playing them.

We want to provide the best solution for those who want to create and host maps.

We will operate strictly within Blizzard's Terms of Service, so that means some information may be hidden from those not in the Alpha/Beta process.

Planned features:

  • User-driven wiki.
  • Map versioning, so if you have a series of versions of the same map, it stays the same project at the same URL.
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  • Per-project forum (opt-in).
  • Site forum as well for general discussion.
  • Per-project ticketing system (opt-in). This is mostly for very serious projects.
  • Repository system. This probably will not be needed, since the maps are likely going to be in binary format. We'll see.

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