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RSS phishingHow to Boost Consumer Confidence in Your e-Commerce Web Site
White Paper However, recent developments in authentication technology have led to a new kind of SSL certificate that facilitates online commerce by increasing visitor confidence in legitimate sites and greatly reducing the effectiveness of phishing attacks. [10 Jun 2008]
State of Internet Security Report: Protecting Business Email
White Paper The report finds that close to 80% of U.S.businesses surveyed experienced a spam attack last year while half also experienced spyware, virus and phishing attacks. Business dependence on email is greater than ever before and the volume of threats... [09 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. [06 Jun 2008]
Anti-Phishing Best Practices for ISPs and Mailbox Providers
White Paper Phishing can have serious negative financial ramifications for the individuals and organizations that are targeted. Phishing has become a major concern for ISPs, with pressure coming from both users who demand that service providers do more to... [31 May 2008]
Symantec Threat Report Documents Increasingly Sophisticated Attacks
White Paper It also assesses trends in phishing and spam activity. The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report provides a six-month update of Internet threat activity. It includes analysis of network-based attacks, a review of known vulnerabilities, and... [30 May 2008]
A Practical Approach to Managing Phishing
White Paper Surely only a few individuals, who have been living a life of seclusion on the French Riviera for the last few years, won't know what the crime of "phishing" is. Yet, according to Gartner estimates, 3.3% of the 124 million consumers who received... [21 May 2008]
Why Cloudmark Chose InstallShieldÂ’s Update Service to Automate its Software Updates
White Paper This short case study describes the success that Cloudmark, a leading provider of spam and phishing protection, has had using MacrovisionÂ’s FLEXnet Publisher Update Service Module to automatically deliver the latest anti-spam software updates to... [16 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News Soca has also sent out 46 alerts to UK business, which included 11 alerts to UK financial institutions detailing more than 46,000 online account details that had been compromised by phishing and virus attacks, a system for UK call centres to... [15 May 2008]
Compliance: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
White Paper With identity theft, "phishing," "pharming," and other highly publicized examples of large scale financial information theft and abuse receiving attention, companies of all sizes are under increasing scrutiny regarding their compliance with GLBA. [15 May 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Implementing Exchange Hosted Filtering (Level 200)
White Paper Exchange Hosted Filtering incorporates multiple filters to actively help protect businesses' inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and e-mail policy violations. Exchange Hosted Filtering is one of the premium offerings... [01 May 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News Kelly explained the hack attacks included non-specific threats, such as edge-of-network penetration attempts and application flaw exploits, and more specific threats such as phishing attacks against users, in the form of forged emails purporting... [23 Apr 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News Phishing email attacks on the UK have gone up by 200 per cent this year, the UK payments association Apacs has warned. Online banking fraud losses decreased a third from £33.5m in 2006 to £22.6m in 2007 but phishing incidents have climbed from 2... [16 Apr 2008]
PorKI: Making User PKI Safe on Machines of Heterogeneous Trustworthiness
White Paper As evidenced by the proliferation of phishing attacks and keystroke loggers, everyone knows that human beings are not well-equipped to make trust decisions about when to use their passwords or other personal credentials. [16 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it also combats online fraud, such as phishing, and property rights investigations. They can be used for a wide variety of activities and also up near the top will be... [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Phishing in particular, where members of the public are tricked into providing bank details or passwords by bogus emails, remains the method of choice for e-criminals. Last December, analyst firm Gartner estimated losses from US phishing attacks at... [15 Apr 2008]
