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Thursday, April 13, 2006

MIT spam conference focuses on phishing


MIT spam conference focuses on phishing
ComputerWorld - Mar 29, 2006"The spam problem will get worse, and the reason is phishing," says Bill Yerazunis, senior research scientist with Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories ...
Source: www.computerworld.com

FSA warning over banks with 'phishing'
Money News, UK - Apr 3, 2006LONDON, UK - The UK banking sector faces computer virus outbreaks, 'phishing' scams and terrorist attacks on outsourced operations in 2004, according to the ...
Source: www.moneynews.co.uk

Government-Aided Phishing
Slashdot - Apr 10, 2006Anonymous writes "A Florida county is posting the Social Security numbers, bank account info and other sensitive data of hundreds of thousands of current and ...
Source: yro.slashdot.org

PC users face phishing onslaught
Telecom Asia Daily / Wireless Asia, Hong Kong - Apr 10, 2006Financially-motivated computer crime continued to gain ground, with more than 20% of PC users worldwide now receiving five or more phishing emails every day. ...
Source: www.telecomasia.net

New Chase phishing scam uses toll-free telephone call
TechSpot - 7 hours agoA new Chase Bank e-mail phishing scheme has been launched that asks recipients to provide their personal information on a toll-free telephone call. ...
Source: www.techspot.com

Users Fail To Spot Phishing Sites
Sci-Tech Today - Apr 3, 2006... Internet Explorer 7 will turn the bar red for a known phishing Web site, yellow for a suspected Web site and green for a trusted, encrypted Web site. ...
Source: www.sci-tech-today.com