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PC World October 2005 Andrew Brandt	Phishing Anxiety May Make You Miss Messages Swarms of bogus electronic missives deter people from accepting legitimate e-mail.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Tim Gray	Mozilla Updates Firefox Firefox 1.0.1 addresses numerous security vulnerabilities and approximately 40 other browser fixes.
InternetNews June 16, 2004 Clint Boulton	ID Theft Costs Victims $2.4B in One Year New Gartner research says millions are duped by online fraudsters through scams such as phishing.
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.
PC World March 2005 Scott Spanbauer	Paranoia: The Best Defense Against E-Mail Attacks Criminals may attempt to spread a virus to your computer or hijack your bank account using deceptive e-mails. You can learn to spot e-mail cons by using a handful of investigative techniques and a boatload of common sense.
Bank Systems & Technology November 29, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	Catch of the Day: Banks Face New Phishing Scams Newer and more intelligent phishing attacks target bank customers globally.
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 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 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.
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.
PC World January 24, 2007 Scott Spanbauer	Thwart the Three Biggest Internet Threats of 2007 Protect yourself against the three gravest Web dangers: Internet Explorer, phishing attacks, and malware.
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Brian Krebs	It's 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Global identity thieves may know their way around your computer better than you do. Learn how to protect yourself in the scary new world of zombies, RATs, Trojan horses and evil twins.
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.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Rebecca Sausner	Phishing: PayPal Tosses Line To Snarl the Biz Model The saying goes, "If something's not working, try something else." And clearly, when it comes to the financial services and retail industries' response to phishing, something's not working.
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.
Bank Technology News June 1, 2008 Rebecca Sausner	PayPal Wants To Wreck the Biz Model PayPal, and its parent company eBay, have dramatically ramped up their anti-phishing strategy, framing the problem as how best to ruin the phishing fraudster's business model.
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.
PC World August 21, 2006 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: How Bad Guys Exploit Legitimate Sites What you can do to avoid falling for phishers' latest trick.
PC World March 2005 Andrew Brandt	Devious New Phishing Attack Outsmarts Typical Defenses A vulnerability in Windows lets phishers hijack your browser--even when you type the URL yourself.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 David Kushner	Making Computer Crime Sexy A look at cyber crime in the movies and real life.
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.
InternetNews July 16, 2004 Chris Nerney	Trolling For Anti-Phishing Laws President Bush just signed legislation to increase penalties against phishing and other identity theft-related cyber crimes.
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 October 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Another Bug Bites IE7 Yet another bug has been found in Microsoft's recently-released Internet Explorer 7 browser.
Information Today April 2008 Phillip Brett	Tax Time: Phishing Scams and Schemes And as the buzz surrounding online tax filing increases, so do the odds of getting scammed. Phishing scams abound that mimic IRS notices to try to get bank account and other personal information.
Bank Technology News November 2007 Yuval Ben-Itzhak	The New Enemy: A Trojan Worse Than Phishing Finjan's Malicious Code Research Center discovered evidence of a new genre of crimeware Trojan that steals bank customers' identities without so much as leaving a trace.
PC Magazine November 16, 2004 Dennis Fisher	The Lookout: Phishers Spoof FDIC Site A phishing scam that appeared in late September claiming to help protect consumers against debit-card fraud and identity theft has experts worried about the increasing skill and creativity of online scammers.
PC World February 26, 2007 Robert McMillan	Phishing Sites Explode on the Web Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.
PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	The 10 Biggest Security Risks You Don't Know About Hackers, scammers, and identity thieves are constantly coming up with new ways to attack your PC and your privacy. Here are the newest perils and how to foil them.
PC World July 2006 Andrew Brandt	Protect Yourself With an Antiphishing Toolbar These browser plug-ins can help make your surfing safer. Netcraft toolbar... Earthlink toolbar with scamblocker... Corestreet SpoofStick...
InternetNews August 5, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Critical Flaws Spoil Opera Tune Opera updates its flagship browser to plug a series of potentially serious security holes.
PC Magazine August 17, 2004	The Lookout: URL Parsing Bug A bug in fully patched versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer allows violations of the Web browser's security zones.
InternetNews June 22, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	MasterCard Charges Phishers The credit card company does its part to combat phishing phenomenon.
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.
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.
InternetNews November 14, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Apple Goes Bug-Hunting in Safari 3.2 Apple is out with an update to its Safari web browser that aims to take the bite out of several vulnerabilities - as well as the potential for phishing attacks.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Hassled to the Maxx The identity theft saga involving T.J. Maxx continues: Consumers need to be on the lookout for evidence that their identity, credit card, or debit card information has slipped into the wrong hands.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishers Are Getting Together Free 'phishing kits' on the Web are making this scam easier than ever.
AskMen.com Jasper Anson	How To: Identify Scams Learn to identify scams by taking a look at some of these lesser-known scams -- which are a bit trickier to recognize.
PC World November 2005 Erik Larkin	Threat Alert: Spear Phishing Targeted e-mail attacks try to lure you in with specific, convincing messages.
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.
OCC Bulletin September 8, 2004	FFIEC Customer Brochure To assist depository institutions' efforts in raising customer awareness of identity theft and similar crimes, "Protecting Customers' Personal Financial Information" outlines steps bank customers should take to reduce the risk of identity theft.
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.
Bank Technology News April 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Goin' Phishing Growing e-mail attacks threaten banks' bottom lines
Entrepreneur August 2005 Mike Hogan	It's a Trap! Pharming scams -- e-mails that try to scare you and your customers into giving up bank, PayPal or other sensitive information -- are lurking around every corner. Here's how they work, and how you can reduce your risk of being "pharmed."
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	A New Breed of Phish Two exploits launched last week victimized Citibank Australia and SunTrust Bank customers. While SurfControl warned of the exploit, the banks may have been compromised for days.
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.