Google Adsense Phishing Scam

This morning while reading my mail I came across an email purportedly from Google notifying me that my AdSense account had been disabled. On closer inspection the email was a clear a phishing attack designed to steal my AdSense username and password. The mail looked like this:

You can see from the URL which I have outlined in red that clearly this is not going to take you to a real Google website but rather a (likely) hacked page at orientcasinos.com. If I go to the site it looks like a fair passing imitation of the actual AdSense page:

The URL though is still quite obviously not AdSense so thankfully this particular scam is not likely to go far. These sorts of scams are not new per se but it's important to understand that not only are your direct financial assets (bank account, credit card etc.) a target but so are your indirect financial assets like your AdSense account which controls potential revenues for your business. Like we posted earlier about Facebook accounts being targeted  your online presence is something you need to consciously guard as well as your PC. You can start by being sceptical about any email asking you to log in and change your credentials for an online service you use. If you do feel you need to follow up on an email which requests something like this, always open your browser separately and navigate to the site on your own, do not copy and paste from the email and do not click on the link in the email.