Security Park - The banking industry continued to be a key target for phishing scams. As Trojans became more technically complex, scammers implemented new techniques in their attacks, including content filters that keep closer track of consumers online banking

McAfee: Phishing on the Rise While Bots Slow
MSN MoneyCentral - SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — McAfee Inc. MFE today revisited its top ten predictions for security threats in 2007. Research from McAfee(R) Avert(R) Labs shows that threats including data-thieving phishing

The Best Spam Fighters
Inc.com - What’s cool: In addition to spam, Barracuda’s software tools fight viruses, phishing, and spoofing attacks (that’s when spammers send bogus messages from what appear to be real e-mail addresses). Some rivals charge extra for such comprehensive

ID theft threats have surged 200% since Jan. 1
Network World Fusion - The traditional phishing technique is being replaced by putting a URL in the e-mail,” said Manoj Srivastava, Cyveillance’s CTO. “The trend now is to use the browser as the attack vector.” Phishing

VM Rootkits: The Next Big Threat?
eWeek - The group used the prototype rootkits to develop four malicious services a phishing Web server, a keystroke logger, a service that scans the target file system for sensitive information and a defense countermeasure to defeat existing VM-detection

Hackers cast their Net wide
New Straits Times - Virus writers, spammers and hackers have joined forces to co-ordinate viruses, spamming, phishing and spyware attacks that have significant impact on businesses,” said Safiee. The inside threat, he said, was employees of organisations themselves

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