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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
UnsubCentral Webinar Announces Support of New IAB Recommendations on Email Data Management and MD5 Suppression List Best Practices: Today, leading CAN-SPAM compliance solution provider UnsubCentral announced its support for the Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB Email Data Management Best Practices. Just released today, the recommendations highlight MD5 encryption as the most secure method for organizations to share suppression data. An early adopter and advocate of...; Tags: E-mail, encryption, Interactive Advertising Bureau, SECURITY, Spam; Research articles 2008-09-18
Greenstone Announces Its Effort to Resolve SEC Suspension: Greenstone Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GSHN) announced today that on June 18, 2008 the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC ordered a temporary suspension of trading of the Company's Common Stock until July 1, 2008. The Company is presently conferring with the SEC in an attempt to resolve the issues. The Company...; Tags: Branding, Company, MARKETING, SEC, SECURITY, Spam, spamming; Research articles 2008-06-23
Spammers ordered to pay MySpace 230 mln dlrs: SAN FRANCISCO AFP — A US judge has ordered a pair of accused spammers to pay MySpace about 230 million dollars in what was being billed Wednesday as a record-setting punishment for such Internet abuses. Federal district court judge Audrey Collins issued a judgment against Sanford Wallace and Walter...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, E-mail, INTERNET, MySpace, SECURITY, Spam, spammer; Research articles 2008-05-14

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
For 30 years now, you've been getting spam: WASHINGTON AFP — This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday. But the message sent on May 3, 1978 by a marketer...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, computer, E-mail, INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Spam; Research articles 2008-05-01
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
SPAMfighter Named to PC World's "101 Fantastic Freebies" List: BOCA RATON, Fla. -- SPAMfighter was honored in the May 2008 issue of PC World as one of the "101 Fantastic Freebies." The article, which features the editors' top 101 picks of online services and downloadable software in various categories ranging from Security to Video and Photo, and provides information...; Tags: E-mail, PC World, SECURITY, Spam, SPAMfighter; Research articles 2008-04-01
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
Alan Ralsky, Ten Others, Indicted in International Illegal Spamming and Stock Fraud Scheme: To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2008 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed today in Detroit charging 11 persons, including Alan M. Ralsky, his son-in-law Scott K. Bradley and Judy M. Devenow of Michigan, and eight...; Tags: California, fraud, Michigan, SECURITY, Spam, spamming, stock, U.S. Department of Justice; Research articles 2008-01-03
Nearly 95 percent of e-mail is junk: US Web security firm: SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Nearly 95 percent of the e-mail sent in 2007 has been "spam," junk advertising loathed by its recipients, according to a report released Wednesday by a US Web security firm. The amount of junk e-mail has skyrocketed despite a 2004 US CAN-SPAM Act that placed...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, E-mail, SECURITY, Spam, spammer, Web; Research articles 2007-12-12
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
US spammer gets two years in jail: NEW YORK AFP — A 28-year-old man from the US state of New Jersey was jailed for more than two years by a New York judge on Friday for his part in a spamming operation that sent out millions of unsolicited emails. Todd Moeller was sentenced to a 27-month...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, E-mail, INTERNET, SECURITY, Spam, spammer, spamming; Research articles 2007-11-02
Connect-A-Jet CEO, Martin Cantu, Addresses Its Shareholders and the General Public Regarding Recent Allegations and Market Concerns: Connect-A-Jet.com, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CAJT), an online innovator of private jet travel and charter, announced today that its CEO, Martin Cantu, has elected to address the general public and the CAJT shareholders regarding recent allegations and market-related concerns. "I would like to begin this address by extending my sincerest apologies...; Tags: FINANCE, SEC, SECURITY, shareholder, Spam, spamming; Research articles 2007-10-12
SEC makes inroads against financial spam: Showing it is making good on a promise six months ago to crack down on spam intended to take advantage of unsuspecting investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday suspended trading in three stocks it said were "susceptible" to e-mail promotion schemes. The stocks, all...; Tags: E-mail, FINANCE, financial, SEC, spam, stock; Research articles 2007-10-05
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
IT security group warns of giant 'pump-and-dump' spam scam: PARIS AFP — Spammers have unleashed one of the biggest online stock manipulation campaigns in history in the last 24 hours, increasing global spam levels by 30 percent, a leading IT security company claimed Wednesday. Experts at SophosLabs have detected about 500 million emails containing advice to invest in...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, SECURITY, Spam, spammer, stock; Research articles 2007-08-08
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