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InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishing Attacks Jump 26% Phishers and pharmers up attacks, perhaps in response to decreased results.
InternetNews April 22, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Who's Taking the Bait: 'Phishing' Skyrockets Online security groups say the scamming technique used for identity theft is proliferating as fast as viruses, with attacks up over a thousand percent since September.
InternetNews May 6, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	The Cost of Phishing Hits $1.2 Billion The wider impact to the enterprise is an erosion of consumer trust, a new Gartner research study suggests.
InternetNews March 5, 2010	Phishers Targeting More Online Brands The latest survey by the Anti Phishing Working Group shows that organized phishing syndicates are working all the angles to get their hands on the most valuable data.
InternetNews August 24, 2005 Jim Wagner	MSN Billing Phisher Arrested The FBI arrests an Iowa man they believe responsible for a number of phishing attacks targeting MSN customers.
InternetNews May 13, 2010	One Gang Responsible For Most Phishing Attacks More than two-thirds of all phishing attacks in the second half of 2009 were the work of one gang, according to an anti-phishing group.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	Internet Never More Dangerous: Study Report finds a 585 percent spike in fake anti-malware and security software programs in the first half of 2009.
InternetNews December 6, 2004 Tim Gray	Phishing Grows with Holiday Shopping Spike Attacks jumped 80 percent in November and now target the workplace.
PC World November 2005 Erik Larkin	Threat Alert: Spear Phishing Targeted e-mail attacks try to lure you in with specific, convincing messages.
InternetNews June 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	Symantec Says Phishers Have New Tools Automated toolkits are making it easier to attack services such as Facebook, Twitter and financial services brands.
InternetNews May 13, 2010	APWG Fingers 'Avalanche' Phishing Syndicate The Anti-Phishing Working Group says one highly sophisticated and well-organized group of cyber thieves was responsible for a huge spike in phishing attacks late last year.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishers Are Getting Together Free 'phishing kits' on the Web are making this scam easier than ever.
Wall Street & Technology December 19, 2007 Melanie Rodier	U.S. Banks Are Targets in 60 Percent of Worldwide Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks against global banking brands target U.S. institutions most, according to security solutions provider RSA.
InternetNews July 21, 2006 Brian Livingston	Phishing Filter Prevents E-Mail Identity Theft Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a way to almost entirely detect and filter out phishing e-mails.
InternetNews June 22, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	MasterCard Charges Phishers The credit card company does its part to combat phishing phenomenon.
InternetNews November 9, 2006	Scammers Hooking Bigger Phish Fewer people fell victim to phishing attacks this year than last, but those who did were scammed for far more dough, Gartner says.
InternetNews November 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Can You Spot The Phish Attack? According to data from e-mail security firm MailFrontier, only 4 percent of users can spot a phished e-mail 100 percent of the time.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	EBay, PayPal Rank High on Phish Lists According to year-end 2005 data from research firm Netcraft, eBay and PayPal were the top phishing targets representing 62 percent of attacks.
Bank Technology News April 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Goin' Phishing Growing e-mail attacks threaten banks' bottom lines
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft's Three-Pronged Phish Attack Microsoft has partnered with three phishing data providers to expand the filtering technology in its products.
U.S. Banker February 2005 Michael Sisk	A Phish Story Phishing attacks (in which thieves send mass e-mails supposedly from reputable businesses) are expected to more than double in 2005, and are spreading to small banks.
Searcher October 2007 Paul S. Piper	Phish Pharming: A Newer, More Profitable Aquaculture Detecting e-mail scams.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Chris Nerney	A Costly Identity Crisis If it seems to you that the phishing/spam problem has gotten worse lately, it (unfortunately) isn't your imagination.
InternetNews October 28, 2009	McAfee: SMBs Can't Afford to Ignore Cyber Threats Security software vendor says small- and midsized companies are becoming a popular target for hackers and online thieves.
InternetNews January 24, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	IBM: Users Are The Weak Link in Security IBM is warning in a new report that, though widespread virus outbreaks are on the decline, on the whole online attacks are expected to rise in 2006. The culprit? Highly targeted attacks that rely on naive users to help perpetrate cybercrimes.
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Robert Lemos	Caught by Phish Falling prey to online identity theft takes only a few minutes, but the cost can be high.
InternetNews June 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Confidence in E-Commerce Waning Gartner survey shows one of out three Internet users buying less online, largely because of concerns over data security.
InternetNews May 28, 2010	Phishers Ambush Military Credit Unions A number of bogus Web sites that appear to be the official pages of a pair of credit unions used by military personnel are actually phishing traps designed to steal soldiers' identities.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MasterCard, Others Plug Script Injection Leak Credit card giant MasterCard is among many online financial institutions rushing to fix Web site design security flaws.
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Ryan Naraine	How Not to Get 'Phished' The FTC releases a helpful guide to avoid the lure of phishers, who attempt to steal your identity online.
Bank Technology News October 2010 Keith Button	Phishing Tackle The FS-ISAC and BITS are amping up their fight against phishing, hiring eCert for a pilot program to bring anti-phishing tools to member institutions.
Fast Company August 2004 Scott Kirsner	Something Phish-y Fighting phishing, the online scam that could leave you with a big hole in your pocket.
Information Today June 2005 Phillip Britt	No Phishing Allowed Today, the biggest threats for companies and consumers are the new crimes with funny-looking names: phishing, pharming, and spim.
Bank Systems & Technology August 5, 2004 Thomas Claburn	MasterCard Goes Fishing For Phishers MasterCard will use NameProtect's technology to detect online scams as they unfold and, in conjunction with law-enforcement organizations, shut them down.
Wall Street & Technology July 28, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Gone Phishing In the latest identity-theft scam, fraudulent e-mails trick individuals into coughing up passwords to 'secure' financial data.
InternetNews May 21, 2009 Alex Goldman	Phishers Strike Facebook in Latest Assault Facebook is fighting back against the most recent attack.
InternetNews November 7, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Salesforce.com Scrambles To Halt Phishing Attacks Another example of why humans - not technology - are the weakest link in security.
PC Magazine April 20, 2005 Karen Jones	Pharming Your Identity Identity theft is on the rise, and phishing--e-mail scams disguised as legitimate correspondence--has risen to epidemic proportions. Now, phishing's newest mutation, called "pharming," poses a more insidious threat.
Bank Systems & Technology June 17, 2010 Penny Crosman	Bank, Security Groups, Microsoft Launch Fraud Reporting System Broad system for sharing information about fraud incidents is designed to catch and curtail criminal internet activity.
Entrepreneur July 2005 Amanda C. Kooser	Pharm's Way Learn how to protect yourself from the latest internet attack, pharming, which can lead to hijacked accounts or identity theft.
InternetNews February 28, 2006 Roy Mark	AOL Takes Phishers to Court Using Virginia's first-in-the-nation anti-phishing law, America Online filed three civil lawsuits today seeking $18 million in damages against unidentified phishers.
InternetNews April 9, 2010	Phishers Rev Up IRS Scams for Tax Time With tax season in full swing, online scammers are blanketing the Internet with polished messages posing as the IRS trying to entice users to click on a link that could expose their personal information.
InternetNews July 8, 2005 David Needle	CERT Warns on Latest Trojan Horse Attacks Targeted e-mail viruses may be behind some recent Internet outages. The trojan horse viruses can evade anti-virus software and appear to be from a trusted source.
InternetNews April 20, 2005 Tim Gray	AOL, Cyota Join Forces to Fight Phishing AOL will use the service to protect users by identifying and blocking sites posing as legitimate businesses.
Bank Systems & Technology September 30, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	At Least One Part of the Economy is Growing: Cybercrime Several studies are showing growth in new techniques designed to trick users and even anti-virus programs to gain access to personal data.
InternetNews May 14, 2010	Facebook's Become a Phisher's Playground Facebook has plenty of security problems of its own making to resolve and, in the interim, professional cyber-thieves are exploiting other vulnerabilities.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Robert Lemos	Hacking for Dollars Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today's PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.
InternetNews January 21, 2011	Phishing Scam Preys On McDonald's Customers A new phishing scam targeting McDonald's customers attempts to elicit credit card and other personal information for identity theft.
InternetNews October 27, 2010	Malware Scams Pick Up In Retail Sector Targeted attacks are becoming more and more common as hackers seek out specific individuals or groups to steal proprietary information.