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White Paper Is your business safe from what the FBI is calling the hottest and most troubling new scam on the Internet? Phishing, a dangerous new threat that blends spam, social engineering and identity theft techniques, has grown by more than 180 percent this... [10 Apr 2008]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News One of the largest ID thefts was a £1.1m scam where a couple claimed benefits for eight adults and 46 children. A spokesman for KPMG said high-tech cons such as phishing and other online scams are providing new opportunities for criminals. [04 Feb 2008]
Audio: Fortify Your E-mail Defenses
White Paper Spam, scam, and phishing detection and quarantining Virus writers and spammers are finding increasingly complex ways to get past your network security. Stopping these message-borne threats such as spam, viruses, and spyware is essential to prevent... [12 Dec 2007]
Webcast: Fortify Your E-mail Defenses
White Paper Spam, scam, and phishing detection and quarantining Virus writers and spammers are finding increasingly complex ways to get past your network security. Stopping these message-borne threats such as spam, viruses, and spyware is essential to prevent... [12 Dec 2007]
Webcast: Fortify Your E-mail Defenses
White Paper Spam, scam, and phishing detection and quarantining Virus writers and spammers are finding increasingly complex ways to get past your network security. Stopping these message-borne threats such as spam, viruses, and spyware is essential to prevent... [12 Dec 2007]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News A similar scam in Scandinavia recently led to a bank losing £800,000. 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... [22 Nov 2007]
Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News Harris wrote: "We learned that a Salesforce.com employee had been the victim of a phishing scam that allowed a Salesforce.com customer contact list to be copied. Salesforce.com is refusing to reveal details of a security breach caused when one of... [08 Nov 2007]
Yahoo! cracks down on eBay phishers
News Blocking the scam emails before they hit in-boxes should cut down on the problem. 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. [04 Oct 2007]
Anti-phishing best practices for businesses and consumers
White Paper Phishing is a form of Internet scam in which consumers are tricked into divulging sensitive personal information. This report outlines some best practices and anti-phishing solutions that are compatible with popular consumer and business products... [29 Aug 2007]
Phishers jump on the iPhone bandwagon
News Paul Henry, vice president of technology evangelism for Secure Computing, believes that although this is the first iPhone-related phishing scam, it certainly will not be the last. The criminals behind this scam are using sophisticated techniques to... [03 Jul 2007]
Data theft scam targets CEOs
News Sunner added these latest attacks are more sophisticated than other targeted attacks but said the development is in line with a move away from blanket bombing spam campaigns to more tailored attacks, such as spear-phishing. [02 Jul 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up That's 'good news' in the loosest sense if you happen to be among the two per cent of people who have fallen victim to a phishing scam. Good news for all would-be cyber criminals: nearly half the people in the UK don't know what a phishing email is. [22 Jun 2007]
Phishing sites doubled last month - report
News In a separate announcement, APWG said it will make a central database fully operational by July 2007 that allows organisations around the globe to share email phishing scam information. April saw a doubling in the number of unique phishing sites... [25 May 2007]
Fighting the Phishers: Suggested Countermeasures for the Phishing Phenomena
White Paper Companies may also want to consider whether the need for training stops with their employees, or whether business partners, vendors, and even customers might benefit from a better understanding of the phishing scam. [02 May 2007]
Fraudsters fool ABN Amro customers
News Customers of Dutch bank ABN Amro have been fooled by a phishing scam into revealing their passwords. According to reports, four of the bank's customers had an undisclosed amount of money stolen from their accounts, even though they were protected... [20 Apr 2007]
