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BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Brian Grow	How To Harpoon A Cyber Shark New technology could thwart phish e-mails that seek consumers' private data.
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 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 December 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Consumers Whistling Past the Security Graveyard Less than 20 percent of American home computers are adequately protected against viruses, spyware, hackers and other security threats. Nevertheless, an overwhelming majority of users believe they are safe from an attack.
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.
InternetNews August 25, 2005 Tim Gray	Another Tool For Phishing Fights Microsoft will release an anti-phishing filter for use with IE 6 within the next few weeks.
Wall Street & Technology April 14, 2006	New Phishing Twists Online financial criminals have advanced their phishing techniques, according to RSA Security, which uncovered a new type of attack that it has dubbed a Smart Redirection Attack.
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 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.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Paul McFedries	Gone Phishin' Microsoft is right to include antiphishing technology in Internet Explorer 7, because clearly we need all the help we can get.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
InternetNews January 20, 2010	Internet Scams a Growth Market RSA queried 4,539 people and found that while more people know about phishing and spam scams than ever before, they're still falling for them in record numbers.
InternetNews January 10, 2011	PayPal Fends Off Latest Phishing Campaign An unsolicited email attempts to con users into returning a form with their PayPal account login and password information.
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.
InternetNews January 15, 2010 Larry Barrett	Russia Blamed for 13% of Global Cyber Attacks New report from Akamai awards Russia the dubious distinction of world's leading source of cyber threats.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishers Are Getting Together Free 'phishing kits' on the Web are making this scam easier than ever.
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 March 25, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishing Attacks Jump 26% Phishers and pharmers up attacks, perhaps in response to decreased results.
InternetNews December 6, 2005	Holiday Joy and Fear of E-mail Scams E-mail identification company Iconix this week introduced its "Checking It Twice" program to help consumers identify which of those holiday e-mail messages are safe to open, hoping to help shield Internet users from e-mail scams such as phishing attacks.
InternetNews May 31, 2006 David Miller	Security Software Gains Many Facets New software releases offer bundled features you might not expect in a security solution.
InternetNews June 14, 2005 Tim Gray	Trend Micro Acquires Kelkea Antivirus vendor Trend Micro hopes to tackle more Internet security issues, such as spam, phishing, and pharming.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Phishing Attacks Jump 42 Percent An anti-phishing group says scam e-mails that seek users' personal information increased sharply last month. The types of attacks are also expanding. The United States had the most phishing sites, with China and South Korea placing second and third, respectively.
InternetNews November 30, 2010	Most New Malware Disappears Within A Day: Study New strains of malware are popping up at an unprecedented rate but, fortunately, most of these variants are stamped out within the first 24 hours.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Attempts Phishing Slowdown Microsoft releases new add-ins to its MSN Search Toolbar including an anti-phishing tool to detect websites set up to scam users out of their personal information.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Phishers Target Yahoo Messenger A new attack has been launched against Yahoo Messenger users, and it could be a sign of things to come.
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman	Small Businesses Under Siege by Spammers Real-world data compiled shows that money scams are growing as the recession continues - and small firms aren't exempt.
CIO April 1, 2004 Sarah D. Scalet	Phishing Pollutes E-Mail Stream It's the latest kind of Internet scam, one that's known as "phishing." Users are directed to a website and asked to enter their passwords. When they enter them the scammers capture the passwords for later use.
PC Magazine May 4, 2004 Sharon Terdeman	The Lookout: Who Can You Trust A new worm, Sober.D, appeared in early March, claiming to contain a patch to defend against Mydoom.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Browser-Based Attacks on the Rise Browser-based attacks such as pharming and phishing scams are now the fastest-growing security threat on the Internet.
InternetNews June 3, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Opera Patches URL-Spoofing Flaw The browser's shortcut icon feature could be manipulated to trick Web surfers into revealing personal information.
InternetNews May 19, 2010	'Lost' Finale Gives Cyber Crooks New Bait With the end of the popular ABC drama, hackers are exploiting viewers' interest to spread all sorts of malware.
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PC Magazine January 1, 2008 Larry Seltzer	Skype Scares Here's what to keep an eye out for if you're concerned with the newest invasion: Skype phishing.
Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt	Fighting the New Face of Fraud Technology plays a critical role in banking fraud, both in creating new opportunities for fraud and offering new methods to defend against it. Financial services institutions must take a holistic approach to combating fraud.
InternetNews April 14, 2006 David Miller	Phishing for Tax Scam Victims Federal investigators are warning about the dangers of e-mails claiming to be from the IRS.
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 November 30, 2004 Tim Gray	'Tis Also the Season for Online Security Warnings Security experts have a warning for consumers rushing to save time on the Internet: 'Tis the season to be extra careful shopping online. Here are some tips to avoid phishing scams.
InternetNews April 8, 2008 Andy Patrizio	Malware Problem Shows no Sign of Slowing It's easier than ever to write a phishing virus that looks like a Facebook app thanks to virus writer's toolkits, Symantec finds.
InternetNews October 6, 2010	Zeus Phishing Scam Targets iTunes Users In a scam likely stemming from Eastern Europe, hackers are targeting visitors to Apple's iTunes music store with an unsolicited email directing them to sites carrying the Zeus Trojan malware.
InternetNews February 2, 2010	Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events.
BusinessWeek May 30, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian	Hackers And Phishers And Frauds, Oh My! How consumers can protect themselves against cybercrime.
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.
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