UGN Phishing & Online Crime Reports UGN Phishing & Online Crime Reports
criminals want your identity... they'll stop at nothing to get it. BEWARE
The following are the latest developments in the computer industry's war on Phishing -- which has now become one of the most dangerous threats against computer users. Understand what it is, and help your friends, neighbors and relatives learn and understand as well...
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The bad news, "Dear Winner", is that your $1-million (about R7-million) prize from the Microsoft Internet Sweepstakes Company is a phishing scam. It is yet another hoax email message, designed in this case to get you to disclose valuable personal data like your banking details.
"It's a scam. Microsoft does not run lotteries," a staff member confirmed on Thursday. Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The U.S. Senate is nearing a vote on changes to the tax code that are supposed to enhance the way the IRS uses the Internet.
"The preponderance of phishing attempts that involve the IRS is so high that it would be shortsighted for them to think that they could overcome what has obviously been something that has built up over time," said Ron O'Brien, a senior security consultant with the computer security firm Sophos. "People will have to unlearn that which they have already learned." CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA, USA
It takes a con artist to know a con artist. At least that's how I interpret this e-mail I recently received. It seems to be a new version of the Nigerian phishing e-mail that promises you millions, if you will show good faith by sending some money to them. Online Journal - Silver Springs,FL, USA
That's because my account was hijacked. That's right, I was a victim of identity theft
I discovered it when I got a series of e-mails from eBay confirming my new listings. Like most people, I get plenty of phishing and spoof e-mails that pretend to be from eBay. They're from crooks trying to steal my password, and my goal is to make sure it doesn't happen. Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ, USA
A new threat is emerging that attacks browsers by means of trojan horses. The new breed of new trojan horses can modify the transactions on-the-fly, as they are formed in in browsers, and still display the user's intended transaction to her. Structurally they are a man-in-the-middle attack between the the user and the security mechanisms of the browser.
Distinct from Phishing attacks which rely upon similar but fraudulent websites, these new attacks cannot be detected by the user at all, as they are use real services, the user is correctly logged-in as normal, and there is no difference to be seen. eBCVG - USA
Both Philipp Lenssen and JasonD posted about the XSS hole that enables hackers to deploy phishing scams, cookie stealing, and creation of worms. ... Search Engine Watch - USA
Viruses and other email-born malware have been with us for years, and we all run up-to-date quality anti-virus systems on our Windows machines _ and often on Linux Or OS X machines that share a network with Windows users. Recently, however, with phishing and pharming extending the reach of malware, firewalls have become a necessity for all Windows users. ... Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia ...
Norton Confidential protects at the transaction level and features fraud site protection, which blocks or warns consumers from visiting known or suspected phishing sites. It also has website authentication, which confirms the identity of high profile shopping and banking websites. m-net - Wellington,New Zealand ...
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