Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing - PC World


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Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing
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Twitter is finally being proactive about the large number of phishing scams that have plagued the micro-blogging service in the past year. ...
Twitter Strikes Back at Short-Link Phishers PC Magazine
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Twitter adds filter to cut phishing lines Register
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Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks - Citywire.co.uk


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Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks
Citywire.co.uk
The increase in online fraud was largely blamed on criminals using more sophisticated fraud methods, such as 'phishing'. Phishing is where fraudsters use ...
Bank phishing profits up by 14 per cent THINQ.co.uk
Credit card fraud down by 28% Financial Times
How to beat online banking fraud Telegraph.co.uk
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PayPal Recommends Anti-Phish Plugin - PC Magazine

PayPal Recommends Anti-Phish Plugin
PC Magazine
The free Iconix application integrates into many popular mail clients in order to call out those messages which have been verified as sent ...
PayPal tells users to download anti-phishing software Finextra

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Phony Web Site Targets Madoff Victims, Claims $1.3B Discovered In Hideout - ABC News


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Phony Web Site Targets Madoff Victims, Claims $1.3B Discovered In Hideout
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in what is described as a classic phishing site. "We know from information provided to us by individuals that this bogus group is already attempting to ...
Madoff Investors Warned Off Phony Web Site Hedge Fund Net
Once Bitten: Madoff Victims Targeted in Yet Another Scam Wall Street Journal (blog)
Phony "look-alike" site targets Madoff victims National Post (blog)
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Phishing scam uses Craigslist to lure users to fake eBay sites - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Phishing scam uses Craigslist to lure users to fake eBay sites
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A new phishing scam is using the classified advertising Web site Craigslist to lure potential buyers to a fake ...

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Phishers widen their net to target new businesses - NetworkWorld.com


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Phishers widen their net to target new businesses
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Cybercriminals are expanding the types of organisations they exploit in phishing attacks, says the Anti-Phishing ...
Phishers Are Zeroing in on Executives with Treasury Responsibility Digital Transactions
Phishing attacks becoming more popular MX Logic
APWG: Phishing Threat Continues Growth Credit Union Times
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AG warns of credit union phishing scam - Hattiesburg American

AG warns of credit union phishing scam
Hattiesburg American
"One consumer that called our office actually contacted the 800 number and later found that her account had been wiped clean by the phishers," said Hood. ...

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“Humans are the front line” against phishing for Intrepidus Group - The New New Internet

“Humans are the front line” against phishing for Intrepidus Group
The New New Internet
Commonly called phishing, these attacks look to convince the unsuspecting user to open what appears to be legitimate correspondence in their email inbox. ...

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Congress: 1.8 Billion Cyber 'Security Events' per Month - PC Magazine

Congress: 1.8 Billion Cyber 'Security Events' per Month
PC Magazine
"In the last five months of 2009, 87 Senate offices, 13 Senate committees and seven other offices were attacked by spear-phishing attacks, which appeared as ...
More money sought to fight cyberattacks in Senate FierceGovernmentIT
Congress Slammed with Cyber Attacks The New New Internet

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Phishing Update: 'No Brand is Safe' - BankInfoSecurity.com

Phishing Update: 'No Brand is Safe'
BankInfoSecurity.com
Online fraud schemes and malware are casting an even wider net, far beyond the large national banks and well-known retailers, as phishers seek new victims. ...

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