How do I spot, avoid 'phishing' scams (Credit Card Protection)

How do I spot, avoid 'phishing' scams
A. "Phishing" may sound like a silly word - more on its origins later - but the threat that this kind of fraud poses to ordinary Internet users is dead serious.
Source: www.thevictoriaadvocate.com

PostX Receives 'Promising' Rating by Analyst Firm
PostX, the leader in the delivery of encrypted email communications for businesses and consumers, today announced its 'Promising' rating in Gartner's MarketScope for E-mail encryption, 2006(i).
Source: sys-con.com

Trojan horse lurks in World Cup e-mail
( InfoWorld ) - German fans have been complaining for sometime about a bug in their underperforming national soccer team ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament, which begins next month in the country. Now they're having to worry about a bug of a different kind, a Trojan horse, which is masquerading in a downloadable tournament game plan. The Baden-W rttemberg State Bureau of Criminal
Source: www.infoworld.com

Spam Cube filters more than junk e-mail
The Spam Cube is designed to filter not only junk e-mail, but viruses and phishing attacks, too. This is the first anti-spam hardware to use artificial intelligence inside an embedded chip, developer David Soares said.
Source: www.news14charlotte.com