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RSS phishingPhishing 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. Since phishing websites are no longer advertised... [30 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Phishing
Cheat Sheet Phishing? Mark Sunner, CTO of MessageLabs, says: "Phishing scams are really quite sophisticated - it's high level social engineering and for individual users the financial losses can be huge. At its... [25 Jun 2004]
Phishing booms in '04
News The number of phishing attacks being launched each month has increased ten fold this year, security company MessageLabs reported on Monday. The company, which has intercepted almost 20 million phishing... [07 Dec 2004]
Phishing hole found in IE 7, says developer
News Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cyber crooks launch phishing scams. To launch a phishing attack, an attacker can create a web link that purports... [15 Mar 2007]
Phishing soars as shoppers flock to the web
News Phishing is on the increase and the phenomenal rise of the crime shows little sign of slowing - especially with more and more of us moving online to use services such as banking and shopping. According to research from... [28 Jul 2004]
Phishing attacks get personal...
News Security researchers are reporting a new brand of phishing attack that attempts to use stolen consumer data to rip off individual account holders at specific banks. Workers at hosted security services company Cyota are... [16 May 2005]
A Profitless Endeavor: Phishing as Tragedy of the Commons
White Paper Conventional wisdom is that phishing represents easy money. Phishing is a classic example of tragedy of commons, where there is open access to a resource that has limited ability to regenerate.... [01 Jul 2009]
Phishing attacks costing banks $350 a pop
News Good news for consumers and cost-conscious banks alike: the price of phishing attacks is going down. According to a report by analyst house Gartner, the average cost of a phishing attack to the US... [16 Apr 2009]
Phishing line hooks more and more victims
News Phishing attacks have increased in quantity and quality over the past two months, according to research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group on Monday. Phishing is an internet... [23 Mar 2004]
Phishing is fastest growing form of consumer theft
News Illegal access to bank accounts, often gained via technology-borne schemes such as "phishing," has grown into the fastest growing form of consumer theft in the US, according to Gartner. Crimes such as... [16 Jun 2004]
Phishing sites doubled last month - report
News April saw a doubling in the number of unique phishing sites, according to a report by industry association the Anti-Phishing Working Group. The number of unique sites detected by the... [25 May 2007]
Application-Level Attacks: Phishing and Session Hijacking (Level 300)
White Paper The webcast also examines the method of Google hacking and explores the fundamentals of using XSS attacks with phishing techniques, spam, and even touch-screen terminals and kiosks. This webcast will provide in-depth... [12 Feb 2005]
MSDN Webcast: Application-Level Attacks: Phishing and Session Hijacking (Level 300)
White Paper The webcast also gives detailed information into the current methods of executing Phishing attacks, the ways a company can defend against phishing attacks and responses to an ongoing attack. This webcast... [09 Jun 2006]
Phishing continues to rise
News The phenomenon of phishing attacks, which were the security story of 2004, continues to flourish unchecked while other threats have been stealing the headlines. According to the Anti-Phishing Working... [30 Mar 2005]
Botnet Threats and Solutions: Phishing
White Paper As a result of phishing via botnets, businesses and consumers are adversely impacted by tremendous financial losses, identity theft, and other damages. This white paper examines the existence of and interactions within... [29 Mar 2008]
