phishing in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up Phishing has become a constant nuisance for the good denizens of Planet Interweb. It warns that "criminal gangs" are running phishing scams that promise recipients a tax refund. This week it's the turn... [24 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.04.09
Round-Up Phishing emails are more than annoying. The bad guys have invested in a spell checker," joked one banking exec at the RSA Conference in sunny San Francisco, a reference to the poor spelling in badly designed emails and... [24 Apr 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment They are being exploited to convert trusted websites into malicious servers that can launch client-side exploits that are usually delivered via a web page or an email, such as in phishing scams. Hackers are increasingly... [22 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.02.09
Round-Up According to a poll of silicon.com readers, nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of those surveyed said the biggest security threat to companies is malicious and/or incompetent staff, far outweighing the danger from viruses,... [06 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail?
Comment That said, as phishing and false social networking profile scams increase in sophistication, and social media advertising and behavioural targeting spreads, the law may soon need updating to provide extra help to users... [01 Oct 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... [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... [15 Apr 2008]
People are mugs over identity theft
Comment Criminals can call on directed phishing attacks using the simple expedients of ransacking rubbish bags and using Google to look for useful information on social networking sites and generally sprayed across the internet. [08 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...
Comment I don't want to fund an expensive leaflet drop telling businesses and consumers how to avoid phishing scams. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases... [20 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
Comment For example, of the possibly apocryphal case of a company being targeted by phishing scammers who were trying to trick their way into the network. Nothing odd in that. Except that - while it had his address on it - it... [13 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Companies have been developing their security counter-measures to deal with the more common, asymmetric mass attacks launched through spam, phishing, botnets, denial of service and all manner of other exploits. [27 Feb 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment And the attack rated most threatening by the banks - phishing - happens without the banks' involvement, as thieves exploit customers directly. Delivered to users of high-value commercial accounts via targeted... [24 Dec 2007]
Kim Cameron
AS Profile As ID and access guru at the software giant, Cameron has driven the development of systems such as the Active Directory, which helps users identify fraudulent activity to combat spam and phishing. Kim Cameron is the only... [12 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: The Facebook sweepstake
Comment As Facebook conversations take all manner of turns - dark secrets being dug up for job interviews, privacy settings, phishing by the bad guys and a whole lot more - let's remember that a person's online profile and set... [31 Jul 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up Good news for all would-be cyber criminals: nearly half the people in the UK don't know what a phishing email is. Michael Barrett, chief information security officer of PayPal (among the brands worst hit by... [22 Jun 2007]
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