Study: 'Phishing' scams net $500 million
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Scams that use spoofed Web sites of banks and other trusted bodies pulled in a majority of U.S. surfers, a survey has found.
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From a sharp increase in phishing scams to high-profile arrests, here's what made news this year.
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The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported today that the number of brands hijacked by phishers leapt to a record high of 154, up 20 percent from the previous month and more than 12 percent from the previous high.
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A phishing scam has been detected that doesn&#39;t require users to click on a link in order to jeopardise their personal data. Simply opening the email may be enough, according to Messagelabs.
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Fraudsters have developed phishing emails capable of automatically stealing bank log-in details without requiring users to click on a website link, email filtering firm MessageLabs warns.
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Cyber criminals could soon be mounting sophisticated phishing attacks that are hard to detect warn experts.
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INTERNET banking users beware, there appears to be a new "phishing" method about.   The technique, which avoids most detection systems, works after you log on to an authentic site.
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Money the prime motivator as viruses and spam converge  63.5% of all email during the first six months of 2004 was spam  Over 1.5 million phishing emails intercepted  Spyware makes its first appearance in the spam attack arsenal Sydney. 17th ...
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Computer criminals are making phishing more potent by automating attacks. Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) analysts reckon fraudsters are using automated tools and botnets to ramp up attacks.
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More than 3.5 million U.S. adults lost money to phishing scams and online identity theft in the 12-month period that ended in August, a 57% increase over the previous year.
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You know all about phishing scams, right? You know better than to click on a Web link embedded in an e-mail that purports to be from your bank, or to reply to messages requesting your user name and password. But if you think that's enough to protect yourself, think again.
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Researchers see a rise in malware that sends spam recipients to DNS servers controlled by phishers.
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Careless security measures invite cybercrooks and scammers, researchers say.
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A Google Maps mashup that pinpoints the physical location of affected IP addresses is just one component of an elaborate phishing scam designed to separate bank customers from their money. The scam targets account holders at firms including Bank of America, Germany's Deutsche Bank, and Australia's Westpac and Commonwealth Bank.
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While the victims of the latest phishing technique may not have to click on a link to be victimized by the effort to steal information, the attack is similar to traditional phishing scams because
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Security researchers warned today of a vulnerability in most Web browsers that could allow scammers to launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted Web sites.
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It's warcraft out there Online games have become a major target for fraud in recent years. A study from Kaspersky Labs, published today, dissects the techniques and targets used by hackers to make "easy money" by selling stolen login credentials of users or in-game items on the black market.â¦