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'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
Facebook fights 'phishing' scam
May 01, 2009 |
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Facebook Thursday said it has blocked a link at the heart of a "phishing" scam being used to dupe members into revealing passwords to accounts at the social networking website.
Official-looking e-mails claiming to be from IRS are fraudulent
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information.
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Hackers expose slew of Hotmail acount passwords
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Monday blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online.
Researchers fight phishing attacks with phishing tactics
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Early findings by Carnegie Mellon University researchers suggest that people who are suckered by a spoof email into visiting a counterfeit Web site are also people who are ready to learn their lesson about “phishing” attacks.
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
May 15, 2009 |
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Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.
FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday.
Cloudmark warns of increased 'phishing'
Dec 28, 2005 |
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Cloudmark Inc. issued a consumer warning Wednesday in anticipation of an increased risk of "phishing attacks" following the holiday shopping season.
Phishing Attacks in May Jumped More Than 200 Percent
Jun 30, 2005 |
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The phishing season is officially open. Phishing – using fraudulent emails to try to dupe recipients into revealing personal or financial information -- reached its highest level in May, according to IBM. The month Global ...
Phishing and pharming and fraud, oh my! Sleuthing the cyber swindlers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 29, 2006 |
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Technology has transformed the Internet into an accessible and speedy superhighway, yet it also has paved slick paths for crooks to prey upon innocent online travelers.
A few pennies for your thoughts -- and credit card
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.
Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims
May 24, 2007 |
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Internet sites such as MySpace and Facebook are popular ways for friends to stay in touch, but they also can be used by cyber sharks posing as "friends," enabling them to steal personal and financial information.
Researchers create new system to address phishing fraud
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 01, 2006 |
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Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers have developed a new anti-phishing tool to protect users from online transactions at fraudulent Web sites.
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