There are reports of a widespread phishing scam requesting AppleID information, suggesting the recipient’s AppleID will expire unless the user clicks on a link in the email, and updates billing information. There doesn’t appear to be anything particularly sophisticated about this scam, except that the email manages to avoid grammatical errors and has a somewhat legit-seeming “Apple look” to it. Also,  the web page the spurious link takes you to reportedly looks quite legitimate. (Web page not shown here.)

 IT professionals suggest you do not click on the link. If you get it, just delete it.

AUSTIN, TX (KVUE/CNN) – The personal information of thousands of credit card users has been compromised after a hacking group called Anonymous struck global security firm Stratfor.

"It's very disrupting, very disturbing," said fraud victim, Allen Barr.

Barr is a Stratfor subscriber and retired state employee who lost $700 after hackers stole his banking information and made four donations to charities.

"Since we picked it up and I was able to identify it within two hours, we were able to suspend it," Barr said.

In an effort to reduce the number of unsecured firearms on Baton Rouge streets, Mayor-President Melvin L. “Kip” Holden, District Attorney Hillar Moore, III, Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White recently announced the “Gas for Guns” exchange program will take place on Saturday, November 19 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at two area churches.

Qualifying guns can be exchanged at Living Faith Christian Center, 6375 Winbourne Avenue, and Glen Oaks Baptist Church, 7200 Maplewood Drive. 

At each location, officers will receive the firearms without asking questions about the donors’ identities or how they came to be in possession of the guns. The exchange program will be limited to two firearms per person while the gas coupons last.

Donors arriving by car should place their firearms in the trunk, so that the law enforcement officers can unload them at the church. Those arriving by truck or on foot should place their firearms in a sealed or closed container, such as a bag, backpack or box.

After collecting 262 unsecured guns, including a dozen assault-style weapons, through the 2010 exchange program, local officials decided to offer gas certificates again and concentrate on some of the neighborhoods most vulnerable to violent crime.