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While America sleeps, and the drive-by media obsesses over who will buy the U.S. presidency, billions of internet users' dollars are being put to work for online crime... and ICANN, the people who bring you the internet, are planning their escape from Washington, D.C. ... Not good news!
The idea has been in existence for some time, but the massive rise in phishing attacks over recent months has renewed interest. According to figures from UK http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=16904 Register - London,England,UK
While spam levels for the month of March decreased by 2.6 percent from February, MessageLabs saw an overall increase in spam for the first quarter of 2007. Spammers do not distinguish between the sizes of organizations being targeted; smaller businesses will receive just as much spam as larger enterprises but are less likely to have defense systems in place. For small businesses, spam can very quickly become a silent killer, overwhelming the resources of the mail system before any effective countermeasures can be enforced. Market Wire (press release) - USA
First-hand account: How free Web hosters profit from phishing sites -- Here's a tell-all tale about how free Web hosting providers profit handsomely from phishing sites - even those they eventually shut down - and why this one hoster, in particular, has all but weaned himself off the juice. By Paul McNamara
Once a bank has been alerted to the fact that it is the subject of a phishing attack, the race is on to close the target phishing site as quickly as possible. However, professional fraudsters will take steps to ensure that the process is as difficult and time consuming as possible: your time is their money. Netcraft - UK
Most consumers concerned about Identity Theft have heard of Phishing. Such criminal techniques have become well known. Consumers have been well advised not to click on such emails. Consumers are still left with the task of distinguishing between authentic and fraudulent emails. When the email's message is generic and non-personal, a consumer can safely assume it may be a form of Phishing. However, when an email's message is personal, or relates to a recent action by the consumer, then the consumer is less likely to identify Phishing. CreditLock.com Blog - Bethesda,MD,USA
A phishing email has stormed to the top of the virus lists for March, according to newly published monitoring data. Kaspersky Lab said that Trojan-Spy.HTML. Computing - London,UK
Ben Jackson's goal is to stymie people who develop phishing sites -- misleading Web sites designed to steal people's personal information. Here's the story... Here's Jackson's Mayhemic Labs; also see: Alex Eckelberry's blog entry about Mayhemic Labs
We're taking action to warn you about a new e-mail phishing scam going around that uses Wal-Mart's name and logo to try to get access to consumers bank accounts. Don't Fall For It! The e-mail, that supposedly comes from Wal-Mart, offers to pay the recipient $175 to take a short, five question online survey. WTVQ - Lexington,KY,USA
There have been a number of phishing scams using the Internal Revenue Service's logos and content, but these e-mails do nothing but hope to steal your personal information. The IRS warns consumers to be especially cautious during this time of the year as these types of scams seem to increase during tax season. Please be aware that the IRS will never send out e-mail requesting personal and confidential information like passwords or financial information. Blizzard Internet Marketing Newsletter - Glenwood Springs,CO,USA
Many computer users in the Los Alamos area have been victims of an Internet phishing scam this week. An e-mail was sent out stating Del Norte Credit Union Los Alamos Monitor - Los Alamos,NM,USA
"...we may be faced with the unhappy conclusion that trying to make amateurs responsible for identifying phishing attacks is a waste of time." NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
Ben Jackson's software, known as "Crows Nest," keeps an eye out for domain name registrations of websites that might be used for phishing, and keeps users Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
The new website measures have put an immediate end to all "phishing", Jordaan says. Phishing is a "social engineering" trick used by fraudsters to cadge MyADSL - Melville,South Africa
Online retailers are increasingly the targets of Phishing attacks, which number more than "eleven brands phished per day" according to the prestigious Retail Solutions Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
The onus of fighting phishing is as much on the customer, or the prospective victim, as it is on the bank. However, banks are concerned that the negative Economic Times - India
The e-mail was a fake, the latest in a fast-growing scam called phishing. Thieves copy the letterhead of legitimate financial institutions and then send out NBC30.com - Hartford,CT,USA
Phishing is still a predominant technique for extorting consumers of their personal information and financial data online. This is a downloadable Podcast containing lots of information. (you must register) Techworld.com - London,UK
Dutch bank ABN Amro has paid compensation to four of its customers following a phishing attack that stole money from their accounts. SC Magazine - London,UK
IE had flagged the affiliate company's URL as a phishing site. Anyone using IE7 was warned to stay away from the site. And they did. Domain Name Wire - Austin,TX,USA
Phishing is a type of fraud that sends files to hijack your computer or hijacks business brand names to trick computer users into visiting bogus Web sites MidwestBusiness.com - Chicago,IL,USA
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) continues to publish its regular reports on phishing, the practice of sending potential victims misleading e-mail NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
A phishing email has stormed to the top of the virus lists for March, according to newly published monitoring data. Kaspersky Lab said that Trojan-Spy.HTML. Computing - London,UK
IE had flagged the affiliate company's URL as a phishing site. Anyone using IE7 was warned to stay away from the site. And they did. Domain Name Wire - Austin,TX,USA
Phishing activity accounted for 70.8% of the malware threats this quarter, an increase of 8.6% on the previous quarter. IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
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