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News At least four Australian teenagers have been arrested for their alleged part in an internet banking scam that has generated millions of dollars. According to a police spokesperson, money stolen from... [07 Jan 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.01.05
Round-Up While such plights are sadly commonplace in the aftermath of the tsunami, these scam emails, which tellingly usually provide bank accounts with Dutch street addresses, are diverting much needed funds from the genuine... [07 Jan 2005]
Firefox flaw found
News To fall victim to such a scam, a Firefox user would have to click on a link in an email that pointed to a spoofed website and then download malware from the site, which would appear to be downloaded from a legitimate site. [06 Jan 2005]
eBay: You've got (private) mail
News According to a report from online privacy watchdog Truste, seven out of 10 people who go online have received phishing emails, and 15 per cent of those have been duped into providing personal... [05 Jan 2005]
Tsunami email hoaxer charged
News Many other email hoaxers, most notably spammers and those committing frauds such as the Nigerian 419 scam, prey upon any topical event to find a hook for their emails - no matter how tasteless. Already hoax emails asking... [04 Jan 2005]
Phishing plug-in aims to hook scammers
News It also indicates whether other toolbar users have flagged the site as a possible phishing scam which uses fake websites that look like they belong to a trusted provider, such as a bank, to fool people into handing over... [31 Dec 2004]
Exclusive: The headlines you WON'T see in 2005
News People continue to fall for scams such as the Nigerian 419 scam and the Dutch National Lottery emails. The biggest problem facing the crackdown on virus writers, spammers, scammers and online crooks is... [22 Dec 2004]
Lycos email scam hides nasty Trojan
News The email, subject line "Be the first to fight spam with Lycos screen saver", includes a link which, when clicked, installs a Trojan on the infected PC, potentially surrendering control of that PC to the hacker behind the email... [08 Dec 2004]
Consumers loving online banks despite phishing threats
News Phishing may be the internet criminal's scam method of choice but it's not putting consumers off online banking, new research has revealed. Despite the rise in phishing and other financial security such... [29 Nov 2004]
Phishing 'mules' lured in with phoney job ads
News With many people applying for jobs online and via email these days the scammers clearly hope the opening line of the email, which states "I've reviewed your CV and I'd like to propose you a good opportunity to join our... [23 Nov 2004]
Covert phishing scam lies in wait for its victim
News A phishing scam has been detected which doesn't even require users to click on a link in order to jeopardise their personal data while banking online. Although MessageLabs who discovered this new... [03 Nov 2004]
Leader: Spam - your brand, your problem?
Leader Similarly news broke today of the latest phishing scam - this time involving Red Hat Linux. The fastest growing spam campaign relates to the sale of fake Rolex watches and appears to be carried out by... [25 Oct 2004]
£45m online fraud nets 53 arrests
News They used phishing techniques to make the scam work," said Joviel Britto, a spokesman for the Brazilian Federal Police. Brazilian federal police have arrested 53 suspects on charges of stealing £45m from... [21 Oct 2004]
Leader: Oh, hello... the police have woken up
Leader Last week one policeman woke up to a particularly pernicious online crime when he reported himself a target of a particularly sophisticated email scam - or 'phishing' to you and us.and anybody else who... [16 Aug 2004]
Police warning over new key-logging 'Trojan' spam emails
News Users are urged to download the latest Microsoft security patches for the well-publicised flaws in IE to protect themselves against the scam. The hackers can then record the victim's log-ins, passwords and PINs for... [13 Aug 2004]
