Security Park - Web 2.0-based attack directed at MySpace users and their friends On September 13, 2007, Websense was first to find the Web 2.0, Phast Phlux Phishing attack on MySpace, a popular social networking site. After MySpace announced increased

Bank hit by first ‘drive-by pharming‘ attack
TechWorld - to be as vulnerable to drive-by pharming because they tend to be managed better, he says. Ramzan added he expected the drive-by pharming attack to accelerate as online attackers move beyond into newer methods than traditional email phishing.

Make My Day
American Reporter - In the last year or so, a new word found it’s way into our jargon: “phishing.” This is mail, whether electronic or postal, but nevertheless, usually an inquiry about a credit account. The last four digits of your charge account number is typed in

Phishing kit pits wannabe scammers vs. pro fraudsters
Network World Fusion - The software packages make it easy to quickly set up a fraudulent Web site mimicking a known brand in order to trick people into divulging credit card details or bank account numbers. Templates for spam e-mail are also included, targeting brands such

IRS: Beware of scam
Opelika-Auburn News - Scam artists are phishing for taxpayers this tax season, but one local man didn t bite. When Billy Edge sorted through his regular e-mails Monday, he noticed one bearing an official-looking IRS logo. The e-mail stated Edge was eligible to receive

Fraudsters targeting seniors
Brooks Bulletin - Ponzi, Pentagono, vishing, and phishing - the names may sound like something out of a Dr. Suess book but what they represent is not so whimsical. They are the names of scams that are being perpetrated to get your personal information and money

Drive-by pharming attack hits home
ZDNet India - announced that online criminals have started to remotely redirect your home network router’s DNS server so that whenever you type in a financial institution or other trusted site, your browser will instead be redirected to a bogus or phishing Web site

Toenail Clipping Follow Up
Bismarck Tribune - I changed two settings on my router and then configured my OpenDNS account to block all offensive, pornographic, adult, even phishing and scam sites. I secured my home network so tightly that my wife can t even buy underwear on the internet! How

Symantec Reports Real Drive-by Pharming Attack
Enterprise Security Today - Finally, Ramzan recommends a comprehensive Internet security software suite that provides virus and spyware blocking, a firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, and anti-phishing capabilities. “Drive-by pharming attacks might be used as a lure

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