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Taxman's scam warning: Fraudsters want your passwords
News According to HMRC, a "small number" of users have had their details and passwords compromised by scammers, who made fraudulent tax refund claims through the account, hoping to route the refunds into... [06 Aug 2009]
Evaluating the Wisdom of Crowds in Assessing Phishing Websites
White Paper Phishing is the process of enticing people to visit fraudulent websites and persuading them to enter identity information such as usernames and passwords. The information is then used to impersonate... [01 Jul 2009]
Anti-Phishing Based on Automated Individual White-List
White Paper In phishing and pharming, users could be easily tricked into submitting their username/passwords into fraudulent web sites whose appearances look similar as the genuine ones. The traditional blacklist... [30 Jun 2009]
Phishing 101
White Paper Phishing is the process of enticing people to visit fraudulent websites and persuading them to enter identity information such as usernames and passwords. The information is then used to impersonate... [30 Jun 2009]
Phishing: How to Keep Your Business from Biting
White Paper Phishing, or fraudulent attempts to acquire passwords and financial information by masquerading as a trusted organization, is on the rise. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), the number... [11 May 2009]
Is this the largest security breach ever?
News The company said it will implement a system to flag anomalies in real-time and created a website to provide information on the breach to customers, who will not be held responsible for fraudulent charges. [21 Jan 2009]
Gmail 'vulnerability' a phishing scam instead
News Google information security engineer Chris Evans wrote in a blog: "Attackers sent customised emails encouraging web domain owners to visit fraudulent websites such as 'google-hosts.com' that they set up purely to harvest... [26 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence to join phishing fight in 2009
News The software could help security researchers in identifying the latest phishing scams from "honeypot" accounts, online PCs spread across the globe that gather fraudulent and spam messages. From next year, security... [13 Oct 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News These chip and PIN devices do not prevent all identity theft - hackers can still steal screenshots of what you are doing on your PC, and find out information about you and your account which could potentially be used for... [18 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment What the code has to say about online customers paying for fraudulent transactions on their accounts is worth reading carefully, says lawyer Duncan Pithouse. Phishing in particular, where members of the public are... [15 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News Scroggie said: "[Users of these] websites are putting up a large amount of confidential information that is being used for fraudulent activity and financial gain. P is for Passwords The report reveals... [09 Apr 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment More than 60 banks around the world reported fraudulent transactions based on the stolen credit card data. But, as reliance on technology continues to grow, the number of passwords that users have... [18 Mar 2008]
Yahoo! cracks down on eBay phishers
News is upgrading its Mail system with DomainKeys technology, to block phishing spam and other fraudulent emails that look like they come from eBay and PayPal but don't. Although most companies warn their customers that they... [04 Oct 2007]
London hottest for online card fraud
News The UK postcode with the worst record for fraudulent transactions was SE18 which includes Thamesmead and other parts of south-east London. P is for Passwords By tracking the postcodes of addresses where... [05 Sep 2007]
Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog
News An ICO spokeswoman said: "It [the database] was potentially open to fraudulent use. P is for Passwords The finding relates to customer details being left open to potential fraud or retained without... [22 Jun 2007]
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