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RSS phishing trickA Practical Approach to Managing Phishing
White Paper In short, phishing is a "con trick" by which consumers are sent email purporting to originate from legitimate services like banks or other financial institutions. Surely only a few individuals, who have... [21 May 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News The sharp rise is evidence that fraudsters are still using fake emails to trick people into revealing personal information that allows access to their bank accounts, Apacs said. Phishing email attacks on... [16 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. Nothing odd in that. Except that - while it had his... [13 Mar 2008]
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,... [13 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. The... [22 Nov 2007]
PayPal users to get pass-code device
News These prevalent scams typically use fraudulent websites made to look like legitimate sites and spam email to trick people into giving up their personal information such as login names and passwords. The key fob is meant... [12 Jan 2007]
Phishers going after platinum
News Such messages appear to come from trusted sources but contain links to websites, such as fake banking sites, that try to trick people into handing over sensitive information. People with high incomes attract more... [10 Nov 2006]
Spoofing flaw unearthed in IE 7
News The phishing protection has been a major focus for Microsoft, shielding against malicious websites designed to trick users into handing over their personal information. An attacker could exploit this... [26 Oct 2006]
IE 7 ready for download
News The new browser also offers protection against phishing sites - malicious websites designed to trick users into handing over their personal information. Some 18 months after Bill Gates pledged to revamp... [19 Oct 2006]
ID theft: Which banks do best?
News Another way could be to promote online account monitoring and advanced protection against phishing scams that seek to trick people into giving up account details, the research company said. A report into... [26 Sep 2006]
Cheap VoIP? It's a 'vish' come true for scammers...
News Phishers have already been sending out emails that attempt to trick people into sharing personal information over the phone, instead of via a website, the traditional scam. In a twist on phishing,... [11 Jul 2006]
Phishers adding VoIP to their bag of tricks?
News In a new twist on phishing, fraudsters are sending out emails that attempt to trick people into sharing personal information over the phone. Phishing scams are prevalent and continue to... [28 Apr 2006]
New IE security flaw could aid phishing scams
News This tactic could be used in phishing scams that attempt to trick people into believing they are on a legitimate site, when in fact they are viewing a fraudulent web page. An unpatched vulnerability in... [07 Apr 2006]
Financial firms suffer most Trojan attacks
News It said: "The new Trojan programs do not have to trick victims out of revealing their password. We're not seeing any evidence of a move towards these kinds of attacks from phishing and identity theft... [14 Mar 2006]
Google fixes phishing flaw
News Phishing scams are designed to trick people into giving up sensitive information such as user names, passwords, credit card details and Social Security numbers. To take advantage of the flaw, an attacker... [11 Oct 2005]
