Viruses and Spyware Cost (Phishing) Users $7.8 Billion

Viruses and Spyware Cost (Phishing) Users $7.8 Billion 

Viruses and Spyware Cost Users $7.8 Billion 
Consumers paid as much $7.8 billion over two years to repair or replace computers that got infected with viruses and spyware, a Consumer Reports survey found. That figure was down from a similar survey a year ago. Still, it suggests that people are paying large sums to cope with the flood of malicious viruses and other programs that can slow computers or render them inoperable. "There is a

Yahoo tests antiphishing service 
( InfoWorld ) - Yahoo Inc. is testing a security service designed to prevent Web surfers from landing on sites that look like they are from Yahoo but that are fake ones set up by fraudsters to carry out phishing scams. The service lets users know if they have landed on a legitimate Yahoo sign-in Web page, preventing them from entering their Yahoo ID and password on a phishing site. The

Microsoft Files Domain Suits 
Software behemoth files suits to stifle attempts to profit from domain names.

Kona-based credit union is latest phishing target 
The Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union, the largest Kona-based credit union, is warning members of a bogus-e-mail seeking personal information. The credit union is sending out its own e-mails warning of the "phishing" attack and placing an alert on its Web site.

Companies House urges secure online filing 
Corporate identity theft on the rise

E-mail scams ala Da Vinci 
PETALING JAYA: Internet scam artistes have upped the ante to the ultimate level they are now phishing for money in the name of God.