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Phishing: Watch Out for Scam Spam
White Paper Phishing attacks employ 'spoofed' e-mails from trusted brands and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into giving up personal data such as credit card numbers and passwords. In this ZDNet Audiocast, we outline the methods of... [03 Jul 2008]
Spam Filter Testing Best Practices
White Paper Furthermore, spam is a conduit of all types of salacious content and fraudulent come-ons that seek to cajole users into disclosing confidential information such as credit card and Social Security numbers, bank account information, and passwords... [30 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]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News Cyber crime targeting businesses is on the rise - while there were no reports of phishing emails in a 2004 BCC survey, the 2008 report found 31 per cent had fallen foul of phishing and 23 per cent had machines infected by spyware. [09 Apr 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. A bit of credit card statement checking later, it became clear that his identity had been stolen - or... [13 Mar 2008]
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants
White Paper This paper studies an active underground economy which specializes in the commoditization of activities such as credit card fraud, identity theft, spamming, phishing, online credential theft, and the sale of compromised hosts. [14 Feb 2008]
Secure Network Design Document
White Paper Phishing Attacks at an All Time High. Hackers Obtain Thousands of Credit Card Numbers. "Identity Theft on the Rise. These titles are all too often blazoned across the newspapers and magazines. Computer networks exist to provide communication tools... [11 Jan 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 phishing mail, watches victims... [24 Dec 2007]
The Anatomy of a Phishing E-mail
White Paper Phishing scams—the emerging form of online fraud that relies on bogus e-mails and look-alike Web sites to trick users into submitting login IDs, passwords, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal or financial data—have... [12 Dec 2007]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News Armstrong predicted a likely outcome of this week's revelations will be a rash of phishing scams, where fraudsters will try to trick bank details out of people already worried about the data breach. As far as government policy over the handling of... [22 Nov 2007]
Protect Your Cardholder File Transfers Against Data Breaches: Satisfying Payment Card Industry (PCI) Requirements
White Paper While virus and phishing may obtain the credit card information of a few thousand cardholders, hacking into a single large retailer's database is a lot more lucrative, granting access to millions of cardholder accounts. [13 Sep 2007]
Protect Your Cardholder File Transfers Against Data Breaches: Satisfying Payment Card Industry (PCI) Requirements
White Paper While virus and phishing may obtain the credit card information of a few thousand cardholders, hacking into a single large retailer's database is a lot more lucrative, granting access to millions of cardholder accounts. [13 Sep 2007]
Understanding and preventing phishing and pharming attacks
White Paper Phishing and pharming scams use spoofed e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites to trick recipients into divulging financial data like credit card numbers, account information, Social Security numbers, etc. [29 Aug 2007]
Barclays doles out 500,000 chip and PIN devices
News Davis said the users setting up third party transactions have been targeted because if a fraudster gets hold of a customer's bank details, for example from a phishing email, then there is very little the crook can do unless they can pay money to... [18 Apr 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment While Skype's strong encryption prevents interception and eavesdropping, the software is still vulnerable to the vishing (phishing scams over VoIP) and social engineering threats that email and telephony also suffer from. [02 Apr 2007]
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