phishing in news
RSS phishing in news5 years ago... eBay has its back to the wall over online auction fraud
News Recently the practice of phishing has had its sights set firmly on the auction site. And when users cotton on, it's the original victim of the phishing who takes the blame. 15.12.98: The suspension of a... [15 Dec 2003]
Cybercrime: education not legislation the answer
News Philip Virgo, secretary general of EURIM, said that as long as people are so easily fooled by scammers, no amount of legislation will solve the problem of phishing, where fake emails are sent to online banking users... [12 Dec 2003]
HSBC hit with spoofed website
News Global banking giant HSBC was hit with a 'spoofed' website made up to look like its Hong Kong home page on Friday. Using the bank's logo and a similar sounding web address, www.hkhsbc.com, the site had a logon page that requested... [09 Dec 2003]
£350,000 internet ID theft gang get 15 years
News The use of the internet and email to perpetrate ID theft has become an increasing concern for police and financial institutions in recent months, following a spate of 'phishing' scams that tried to trick people into... [21 Nov 2003]
'PayPal' Mimail worm variant on the loose
News But in a twist on the spate of 'phishing' scams in recent weeks, the email tells the victim not to send personal information via email, saying that email is insecure - and asks them to run an attached program instead. [14 Nov 2003]
EXCLUSIVE: eBay warns of new fraud
News The fraudsters take over legitimate eBay user accounts with details obtained through the 'phishing' spam emails that take recipients to a fake eBay page and ask them to update their account details. eBay is warning... [12 Nov 2003]
Beware of spammers bearing Christmas gifts
News Surprisingly, despite the recent high-profile 'phishing' emails targeting bank customers, scams remain a tiny proportion of the overall volume of spam at just one per cent. Companies are being warned to remind employees... [07 Nov 2003]
Companies told 'do more to prevent ID theft'
News Similarly, although Lloyds TSB owns "lloydstsb.co.uk", it does not own "lloydstsb-bank.co.uk", which could easily be used in a future 'phishing' trip. Police say companies need to be more aware of the growing risk of... [29 Oct 2003]
California Dreamin' of an end to spam
News Speaking at the Cal-IT conference taking place in London this week, Enrique Salem, CEO of Brightmail, said: "We will see aggressive use of phishing" over the coming 12 months. Some of the world's leading high-tech... [28 Oct 2003]
Russian criminals go "phishing" in UK bank scams
News A criminal element from Russia may be responsible for the recent spate of spoof emails that have attempted to con online-banking customers into revealing their account details. Over the past month, Internet banking customers of Barclays,... [27 Oct 2003]
New Citibank email scam spreads
News It uses a new twist on the traditional 'phishing' technique of spamming thousands of users with a scam email that links people to a fake banking website to steal their personal and financial details. A new spoofed... [01 Sep 2003]
