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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Phishing Scam Alert: CyberDefender Early Detection Technology Detects Phishing Scams that Put Users at Risk for ...  (Identity Theft Prevention)


Phishing Scam Alert: CyberDefender Early Detection Technology Detects Phishing Scams that Put Users at Risk for ... 
CyberDefender Corporation, the security developer with the Internet's most advanced early detection technology and Internet security tools, has released its latest Phishing Scam Alert, a report highlighting recent phishing and email scams that are plaguing Internet users and exposing them to Internet identity theft.Top risks include new active PayPal, eBay and egg.com phishing scams targeting ...

nForce chief calls for media to provide educator role on security 
Founder and managing director of nForce Security Systems Mark Nakrop Niamnamtham believes that the media should devote more coverage to IT security, particularly Internet threats and he has been doing his bit on both radio and television to try to explain security issues in simple terms.

New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams 
Tool automatically creates dynamic phishing sites that pull in data from the target Web site, RSA says.

Spyware attacks ramped up over Christmas 
"We saw a major increase in cyber-crime in 2006," said Michael Greene, vice president for product strategy at PC Tools. "It was pretty much as expected, but there were major surges in phishing activity, key-logging and direct attempts to steal private information from users.

Critical fixes for Excel, Outlook and Windows 
Microsoft starts the year with security updates for Excel, Outlook and Windows. Three of the fixes are rated critical.

Security Bites Podcast: No plugs for Microsoft Word holes 
Microsoft leaves some zero-day bugs unpatched. Also, Month of Apple Bugs continues, phishing news, and Symantec wants to make Vista security decisions for you.