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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Identity Theft Prevention - TradeMe targeted in 'phishing' scam


TradeMe targeted in 'phishing' scam
National Business Review, New Zealand - Apr 12, 2006Members were sent an email asking them to update their details, including passwords, on a site which looked like an official Trade Me site. ...
Source: www.nbr.co.nz

Hackers target credit unions
Finextra, UK - May 9, 2006... An earlier study by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) also found that online fraudsters and phishers were increasingly targeting smaller financial ...
Source: www.finextra.com

Phishing study
Computer Crime Research Center, Ukraine - May 4, 2006A study conducted by Harvard and Berkley shows that people, even those that should know better, were still likely to be fooled by phishing sites. ...
Source: www.crime-research.org

Avoiding phishing scams
Computer Crime Research Center, Ukraine - May 7, 2006... number and your address.". The IRS calls these unscrupulous calls and e-mails phishing, as in fishing for information. A page on ...
Source: www.crime-research.org

Symantec founds anti-phishing network
Techworld.com, UK - May 2, 2006Symantec is to head a group of security companies, financial institutions and Internet retailers that are banding together to block phishing attacks. ...
Source: www.techworld.com

'Phishing' assault on Trade Me
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Apr 11, 2006... Internet observers said the e-mails appeared to be a "phishing" campaign, in which people received a false message saying: "We recently noticed one or more ...
Source: www.stuff.co.nz