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Registrars Make Strides to Protect Internet from Phishing
APWG and Registrars Work Together to Harden Internet Infrastructure from Phishing Domains LOS ALTOS, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG, in consultation with the ICANN Registrar Constituency and several domain name registrars, has published a "best practices" advisory for registrars to help them implement mechanisms...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Internet, Phishing, registrar, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2008-10-29
Teaching Consumers On-Line Safety Easiest When They Take the Bait
APWG and Carnegie Mellon Team Up to Deliver Safety Instruction in 'Teachable Moment' When Consumers Fall for Phishing Scams ATLANTA -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG and Carnegie Mellon University's Supporting Trust Decisions Project have established a phishing page redirect initiative that protects global online consumers who have been...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Carnegie-Mellon University, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2008-10-15
Crimeware Double Threat Menaces Internet
Crimeware Variants & Crimeware-Distributing URLs Increase in January LOS ALTOS, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The APWG announced today that its January survey shows a new record high in the number of unique keylogger crimeware variants detected - while the number crimeware-spreading URLs rose to nearly its old record...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2008-05-06
Anti-Phishing Working Group's Tokyo Counter eCrime Conference Unites Global eCrime Responders
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and TOKYO -- Electronic crime responders, investigators and counter-ecrime technologists will join law enforcement and public policy officials from across the globe in Tokyo next month for the second annual Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG Counter-eCrime Operations Summit CeCOS II. CeCOS II will unite IT operations, security, and law...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Anti-Phishing Working Group, E-mail, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam, Tokyo
Research articles 2008-04-07
Phishing Attack Targets Multiply Across Globe in November
Corporate Treasury and Data Assets Targeted LOS ALTOS, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG announced today that the number of reported brands attacked by phishers in November exceeded all previous records, reaching some 178 financial institutions and government agencies whose identities were co-opted for phishing...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2008-01-31
Softforum Introduces Anti-Phishing Security for Internet Banking
BAI Conference -- Softforum, a global leader in Internet security, launches Clientkeeper PhishingPro to protect online transactions from phishing attacks and data theft. Phishing is one of the fastest growing problems on the Internet. Hackers are continuously developing sophisticated methods to illegally obtain private information, resulting in great financial...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, E-mail, INTERNET, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2007-11-13
Online Games, Political Campaigns Provide Opportunities for Electronic Criminals
eCrime Researchers Reveal Threats at APWG Meeting Hosted by Carnegie Mellon PITTSBURGH -- New computer security threats posed by online multiplayer games and the potential for political dirty tricks on the Web are among the topics that electronic crime researchers will discuss at the second annual Anti-Phishing Working Group...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Carnegie-Mellon University, game, Phishing, researcher, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2007-09-10
Nationwide Survey Shows Substantial Consumer Concern About Phishing Attacks This Year
Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced the results of a nationwide poll conducted on its behalf by Harris Interactive®, which revealed that 89 percent of U.S. online adults are equally or more concerned about becoming a phishing victim than they were last year. Phishing attacks...
Tags: Cloudmark, Harris Interactive, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam, survey
Research articles 2007-08-29
Report: Phishing costs billions
U.S. consumers lost about $7 billion over the past two years from online phishing scams, spyware and throwing out computers so infected by viruses they were deemed useless, according to a report to be released today by Consumer Reports magazine. One of every four U.S. households with...
Tags: Consumer Reports, E-mail, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam, U.S.
Research articles 2007-08-07
Financial Services Industry, Internet Security and Law Enforcement Join Forces to Fight Electronic Crime
LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG announced today that the financial services industry, Internet security companies and law enforcement have joined forces to co-host the first Counter eCrime Operations Summit CeCOS in San Francisco, California, May 30-31, 2007. This Electronic Crime Summit is co-hosted by the...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Anti-Phishing Working Group, California, FINANCE, financial, INTERNET, NETWORKING, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam, Summit
Research articles 2007-05-03
Alt-N Technologies Plays Important Role in DKIM Standardisation; MDaemon Email Server has Pioneered Deployment to Protect Customers from Email-Borne Threats.
M2 PRESSWIRE-20 March 2007-Alt-N Technologies: Alt-N Technologies Plays Important Role in DKIM Standardisation; MDaemon Email Server has Pioneered Deployment to Protect Customers from Email-Borne ThreatsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20032007 Alt-N Technologies, a global provider of messaging, security, and collaboration solutions...
Tags: collaboration, E-mail, Groupware, INTERNET, Internet Engineering Task Force, messaging, Phishing, SECURITY, SMB/SME, SOFTWARE, Spam
Research articles 2007-03-20
Phishing is taxing work
We are well into tax season and that means there ore people, other than the IRS, wanting your money. Email messages about tax refunds that claim to be from the IRS are phishing scorns. Phishing is an attack whereby the email recipient is lead to believe something good will happen...
Tags: E-mail, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam, Taxes
Research articles 2007-03-05
Keep Out
Reminiscing about the good old days is not a pastime that owners of fast-growing businesses typically indulge in. But when it comes to the rapidly evolving world of technology security, it's hard to blame entrepreneurs for feeling nostalgic. The good old days were merely months ago, and they were a...
Tags: bank, CERT, computer, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2007-03-01
Spear Phishing
Phishing is a game of numbers. Fraudsters pump out thousands of e-mails that persuade some recipients to click a link to, say, a phoney financial institution's Web site, where they divulge bank and credit-card details. Because Internet users are wising up, phishers have devised a new approach: "spear phishing," with...
Tags: E-mail, FBI, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2007-02-19
Spear Phishing.(internet fraud)
Byline: Benjamin Sutherland Phishing is a game of numbers. Fraudsters pump out thousands of e-mails that persuade some recipients to click a link to, say, a phoney financial institution's Web site, where they divulge bank and credit-card details. Because Internet users are wising...
Tags: E-mail, FBI, fraud, INTERNET, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2007-02-19
European Commission Awards Funding to Symantec, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Nortel, K.U.Leuven, and Tiscali for Joint Antiphishing Research.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 December 2006-Upward Momentum: European Commission Awards Funding to Symantec, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Nortel, K.U.Leuven, and Tiscali for Joint Antiphishing ResearchC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04122006 Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the...
Tags: European Commission, Nortel Networks Corp., Phishing, SECURITY, Spam, Symantec Corp., Tiscali
Research articles 2006-12-04
3Sharp Study finds Internet Explorer 7 Edges Out Netcraft As Most Accurate for Anti-Phishing Protection
Six Week Study Tested Eight Products to Determine Best Overall Anti-Phishing Accuracy including EarthLink, eBay, GeoTrust, Google using Firefox, McAfee, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Netcraft, and Netscape REDMOND, Wash. -- 3Sharp LLC, a privately held technical services firm with offices in Redmond and Toledo, Ohio, today released the results...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Netcraft, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2006-09-28
Phishers Target Record Number of Brands in July
LOS ALTOS, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG reported today that the number of brands hijacked by phishers leapt to a record high of 154, up 20 percent from the previous month and more than 12 percent from the previous high. APWG Chairman Dave Jevans...
Tags: Anti Phishing Work Group, Anti-Phishing Working Group, brand, Branding, MARKETING, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2006-09-11
U.S. Consumers Lose More Than $8 Billion to Online Threats, According to Consumer Reports Survey; Consumers Have 1 in 3 Chance of Becoming a Cybervictim; Phishing Victim's Losses Up Five-Fold Since 2005 Survey; CR Rates Protection Software.
Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 7 AScribe Newswire -- The risks associated with using the Internet remain high, according to Consumer Reports' latest "State of the Net" survey. Consumer Reports projects that U.S. consumers lost more than $8 billion over the last two...
Tags: Consumer Reports, MARKETING, Phishing, SECURITY, software, Spam, Spyware, survey, virus
Research articles 2006-08-07
Japanese teen charged for phishing
TOKYO AFP — Japanese police said they had arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly used the Internet to steal personal details in Japan's first case of phishing involving a minor. The boy allegedly threatened people, mainly young girls, so they would send him naked...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, Phishing, SECURITY, Spam
Research articles 2006-05-30