ZDNet Australia - A US-based anti-spyware company has registered the “.com.au.com” domain name, which experts fear could be used by cybercriminals to create more convincing phishing attacks. US-based gaming Web site, The Game Monsters, has been implicated in the

Posts in Politics
CNET News - political-campaign contributions. While the companies primarily pitch their new products as methods for ” attracting more supporters ” and “increasing online giving to your campaign,” the Internet titans have also laid the groundwork for phishing

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Killeen Daily Herald - They’re also trying to protect taxpayers against “phishing.” The IRS doesn’t ask for information by e-mail. If someone claiming to be the IRS asks for information or says you have a refund coming when you haven’t filed a return, you can send it to ”

Google, PayPal introduce political-phishing defenses
CNet - In the last few months, both Google and eBay unit PayPal have quietly rolled out new online-payment solutions that specifically target Internet-based political-campaign contributions. While the companies primarily pitch their new products as methods

Beware these common tax scams
Detroit News - high interest rates for short-term advances on their stimulus rebates. The IRS advised people not to click on any link from an e-mail purporting to come from the tax agency. People receiving questionable e-mails can contact the IRS through phishing

Tax time is prime time for IRS scams
KOMO-TV - If you receive a questionable e-mail claiming to come from the IRS you can forward it to a mailbox the IRS has established to receive such e-mails at phishing@irs.gov . If you get a questionable telephone call that claims to come from the IRS, you

The ex-KGB man stalking the cybercriminals
Guardian Unlimited - Most infected code is distributed via malicious web pages, and to get people to go there, they use social engineering: spam, phishing emails, blogs, forums, Web 2.0 sites and other social communities.” The Trojans and bots that characterise Malware

Phishing Attack Targets Multiply Across Globe in November
Forbes - The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) announced today that the number of reported brands attacked by phishers in November exceeded all previous records, reaching some 178 financial institutions and government agencies whose identities were co-opted

MicroWorld partners with microCAT to target SMB and Enterprise market
Security Park - A comprehensive solution that protects organizational networks against Virus, Trojan, Worm, Spam, Phishing and other threats and also provides effective Internet Filtering options is what most German firms are looking forward to, Ravi Shankar added

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Nashville Tennessean - Rohyt Belani, managing partner and co-founder, Intrepidus Group, and adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University, will present “Phishing 2.0: Breaking into Wall Street, Military Labs, and Critical Infrastructure.” Free. Lunch provided for those

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