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New Incentives for Phishing Site Reporters (Netcraft)
As of 1st January 2009, the Netcraft Toolbar community has blocked 1.9 million phishing attacks. To show our appreciation for this effort, Netcraft has a number of goodies to give away. Related Netcraft Service: Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar
Twitter phishing... inside Twitter (ZDNet)
Over the weekend I received a handful of reports of individuals using Direct Messages inside of Twitter to phish for Twitter accounts and passwords. A cluster of compromised Twitter accounts are sending out person-to-person phishing messages inside the Twitter network. These messages and the target website...
Phishing attacks on the rise, getting personal (Reno Gazette-Journal)
You know to watch for phishing attacks, which use e-mail messages purporting to be from legitimate businesses to trick you into divulging private information. You're cautious and use a good spam filter, but phishing messages still get through. And these messages are more dangerous than ever.
SogoTrade Offers McAfee® VirusScan® Plus with Website Safety Advisor to New Customers (Centre Daily Times)
SogoTrade ( www.sogotrade.com ), the $3 per trade, online trading platform, today announced it has partnered with McAfee, Inc., the leading security technology company. Based on the Partnership agreement, complimentary subscriptions to McAfee VirusScan Plus software, which provides all-in-one firewall, anti-virus, anti-phishing and anti-spyware software will be provided to new SogoTrade ...
SogoTrade Offers McAfee® VirusScan® Plus with Website Safety Advisor to New Customers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----SogoTrade , the $3 per trade, online trading platform, today announced it has partnered with McAfee, Inc., the leading security technology company. Based on the Partnership agreement, complimentary subscriptions to McAfee VirusScan Plus software, which provides all-in-one firewall, anti-virus, anti-phishing and anti-spyware software will be provided to new SogoTrade customers for ...
Be careful: Phishing attacks get personal (Courier-Post)
You know to watch for phishing attacks, which use e-mail messages purporting to be from legitimate businesses to trick you into divulging private information. You're cautious and use a good spam filter, but phishing messages still get through.
Twishing attacks steal data in 140 characters or less (Ars Technica)
2009 is barely underway, and already we see new fun emerging from Twitter-phishing, also known as—you guessed it—twishing. Predictions for the effect this could have on the failwhale-powered service are numerous and varied as bloggers and journalists weigh in on whether phishing could sink Twitter in 140 characters or less. Read More...
Phishing attacks get personal (The Shreveport Times)
Most computer users can spot phishing messages. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, too. Targeted phishing attacks account for 0.4 percent of spam. That may seem minor, but it's 800 million messages a day.
E-crime police urged to get tough in 2009 (Infomatics)
The firm's 2009 Cyber Threats and Trends report predicts growth in malware distribution via iFrame attacks, more targeted 'spear phishing' incidents with the aim of tapping commercial accounts, and an increased use of fast-flux hosting technology designed to prevent the detection of malicious sites.
3 D's for keeping one's ID secure (The Courier News)
When identity theft occurs, it can take months or years -- and possibly thousands of dollars -- to restore a person's good name and credit record. According to the Federal Trade Commission, there are three words to remember in fighting against identity theft:
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