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Getting a Hook on Phishing
White Paper Phishing sites are increasingly sophisticated and continue to defraud users. Despite increased user awareness, phishing activities represent a serious threat to information security.... [29 Jun 2009]
Bank phishing fraudsters learn to spell
News Phishers aiming to defraud banks have raised their game - and at the very least have learned to spell - according to the banking executives tasked with stopping them. For example, fraudsters are now building... [23 Apr 2009]
Jobless techies turning to crime
News Forensic specialists at PwC are advising businesses to mount extra checks on areas where staff will be most tempted to defraud the company, such as expenses, access to sensitive customer data or massaging performance... [11 Dec 2008]
Leader: How is ecommerce still taking a kicking?
Leader Likewise they may be among the people you hear booking cinema tickets over the phone on a busy train, reading their details out loud for anybody with a pen and paper (nothing more high tech) to take down and defraud. [06 Nov 2006]
Analysis: What's the next malware threat?
Comment The botnets are used by their owners to defraud internet advertisers, as in Ancheta's case. Now botnets and phishing dominate malware. Most analysts also forecast that phishing attacks... [12 Apr 2006]
£6.5m net phishing fraud lands two men in the clink
News Two men have been jailed for conspiracy to defraud and launder money in an international phishing operation that may have stolen £6.5m. Douglas Havard, 24, a US citizen who lives in Leeds, was sentenced... [27 Jun 2005]
eBay gives two-factor authentication the finger
News And on Wednesday, a teenager who used eBay to defraud more than one hundred people of a total of £45,000 was sentenced to twelve months detention and training.eBay insists that its systems are safe and secure. [05 May 2005]
Phishing victims learn an expensive lesson
News Its intent is to defraud innocent computer users out of their savings. Last week, research from security company CipherTrust showed that most phishing emails are sent from one of five zombie armies of... [01 Nov 2004]
Phishing netting more surfers
News They are looking for every opportunity to defraud," said Forsyth. The number of phishing websites is increasing by 50 per cent every month and fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated techniques... [12 Oct 2004]
'Psst...want the tools to be a cybercriminal?'
News According to security firm Sophos, the kits allow users to design sites that have the same look and feel as legitimate online banking sites that can then be used to defraud unsuspecting users by getting them to reveal... [20 Aug 2004]
Microsoft hooks up with anti-phishers
News In this manner, phishers steal bank account details, credit card information and Social Security numbers, and they use this data to defraud businesses and their customers. Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it will... [22 Jul 2004]
