UGN Phishing & Online Crime Reports UGN Phishing & Online Crime Reports
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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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By exploiting the flaw, attackers were able to redirect people from a PayPal Web page to an online trap located in South Korea. The page actually has a real PayPal URL, but hosts malicious code that presents a message warning members that their account had been compromised. It then redirects them to a phishing Web site. Financial Mirror - Cyprus
59 percent of consumers, are actually concerned about identity theft. But most of those think that identity theft is something that happens in the real world, with only 14 percent of respondents believing that computer spyware and on-line transactions are a source of identity theft. Geekzone - New Zealand
RoadRunner customers have become the target of the latest phishing scam. ... Similar phishing scams have hit PayPal, EBay and numerous bank customers. KVUE (subscription) - Austin,TX, USA
Phishing is a relatively new phenomenon in India, though United States, South America and Europe have been reeling under its impact for years now. ... Help Net Security - Croatia
Global cyber attacks are becoming more targeted as web criminals employ increasingly sophisticated techniques, a new report claims.
Research by security firm MessageLabs found that threats from phishing scammers and virus programmers shifted from more traditional methods to targeted attacks last month, with cyber-criminals becoming more adept at information gathering and attack techniques, including spyware, spam, phishing and viruses.
The report details virus, spam and phishing activity trends worldwide during the three months to the end of June and claims that the trends towards convergence of threats across different communications channels, such as email, IM and web is continuing. Get the full story
Internet security experts have discovered a new phishing scam that uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts. In the newest social engineering attack, identity thieves have spammed fake PayPal account compromise warnings to lure users into dialing a phone number and giving up credit card information. Read more
Consumers banking with Lake Michigan Credit Union need to be on alert. The warning was sent after a pair of 24 Hour News 8 viewers forwarded emails that appear to be from an Internet phishing scam. These phishing scams are nothing new. But when a local company's good name is at risk, we went straight to the source to find out how this could affect consumers. WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI, USA
The Sheriff's Office receives similar complaints about these cons, known as "phishing" scams, but they usually mimic well-known banks -- Bill Jones received numerous e-mails from scammers attempting to access his personal information and said he knows what "red flags" to look for when they pop up in his cyber mailbox. But a recent e-mail from Comcast asking him to verify some of his account information or face service termination looked legitimate. TCPalm - Jupiter,FL, USA
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