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Sunday, April 23, 2006

Why phishing reels punters in (Phishing)


Why phishing reels punters in
Register, UK - Mar 31, 2006To tech savvy punters most phishing sites are obviously bogus. But a recent study by academics at Harvard and Berkeley reveal that ...
Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Phishing for tax dollars
Daily Herald, UT - Mar 26, 2006... The trickery works: Phishing fraud costs American consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The current IRS scam is more sophisticated. ...
Source: www.heraldextra.com

HSBC fights phishing with authentication token
ZDNet UK, UK - Apr 10, 2006... said Wainwright. "A ridiculously small number of customers with digital certificates were stung by phishing scams," he added. The ...
Source: news.zdnet.co.uk

ID Theft: Bill to Combat High-Tech 'Phishing' Scams Passes
California Chronicle, CA - Apr 18, 2006... Two bills, SB 1388 on phishing and SB 1390 to track identity theft on the California crime index, passed with a unanimous 4-0 vote of all committee members ...
Source: www.californiachronicle.com

More Internet Threats Expected This Year
eBCVG - Apr 20, 2006These were reflected by phishing, which now represents as much as one percent of the global e-mail traffic and is far more effective than spamming. ...
Source: www.it-observer.com