Phishing in the News
| Chinese bank - new home to phishing scamsters | 03/13/2006 | Criminals appear to be using a Chinese bank's server to host phishing sites to steal personal data from customers of eBay and a major US bank. That's according to Internet services company Netcraft, who claim that it's the first time that one bank's infrastructure has been used to exploit another bank.
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| Hacked bank server hosts phishing sites | 03/13/2006 | Criminals appear to have hacked a Chinese bank's server and are using it to host phishing sites to steal personal data from customers of eBay Inc. and a major U.S. bank., according to Internet services company Netcraft Ltd.
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| Phishing scams aim to bilk smaller prey | 03/12/2006 | A surge in phishing e-mail scams targeting regional credit unions and local banks is the latest sign fraudsters are shifting to narrow attacks. Smaller is better, security experts say, because the scams escape the attention of law enforcement and because a smaller company's cyberdefenses often aren't as imposing as those of a major corporation.
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| IRS warns of ‘phishing’ tax scams | 03/11/2006 | Internal Revenue Service officials said Friday there’s been an increase in “phishing” scams involving fraudulent use of the IRS name or logo by people trying to gain access to consumers’ financial information in order to steal their money.
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| Phishing fraudsters aim to outpace site shutdowns | 03/08/2006 | Cybercrooks have developed new techniques in response to increasingly aggressive moves to identify and shut down known phishing sites. In a move designed to ensure potential phishing victims always link to a live website, fraudsters have developed so-called "smart redirection" attacks.
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| AOL sues big phishing organizations | 02/28/2006 | America Online Inc. (AOL) has filed three civil lawsuits against major phishing “gangs,” seeking US$18 million from the groups, the company said Tuesday.
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| 5 Steps For Users To Protect Themselves From Phishing Scams | 08/24/2005 | While a lack of understanding of basic security principles and a lack of education about the proper security precautions are certainly contributing factors to the success of phishing scams as well as many malware attacks, it is difficult even for professionals sometimes to keep up with the latest attack tools and techniques.
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| Stanford Computer Scientists Unveil New Anti-Phishing Software | 08/01/2005 | A pair of Stanford University computer science professors unveiled today a new password scheme designed to thwart phishing at bank and other sites where a user's identity and money are at risk. Dubbed PwdHash, the technique involves hashing the user's password with the domain name of the site in a way that ensures that the target site is the real one, and not a site designed by phishers to capture user information.
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| Researcher Describes How The Phishing Economy Works | 07/29/2005 | The economics of phishing is free market theories in action -- pure supply and demand -- a researcher said Friday in explaining his recently-released paper about the inner workings of Internet scammers.
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| You Say Phishing, I Say Ph-What? | 07/23/2005 | Via InternetWeek.com, a survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that most Americans are sadly un-geekified.
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| New Phishing Attacks Fool Users | 07/22/2005 |
A new phishing attack that poses as a message from eBay Inc. is loose on the Web and fooling users with a genuine-looking message. The attack uses an E-mail that appears to come from eBay and says the company needs some information to protect the customer from Internet attacks. If users click on a link, they are taken to a form that asks for personal information, which is captured by the bad guys and could be used for identity theft and other problems.
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| Phishing For An Answer | 07/20/2005 | NEW YORK - Microsoft is among several companies sometimes criticized for designing products that assume a level of knowledge about technology that most people don't have.
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| How to prevent pharming | 07/18/2005 | You're familiar with the dangers of phishing, but what about pharming threats? Pharming misdirects Web users of trusted brands to phony storefronts set up to harvest IDs. The crime is typically accomplished through cache poisoning of DNS servers or domain hijacking, in which registrars are tricked into moving domains.
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| Deploying psychology in the fight against phishing | 07/15/2005 | The word phishing is based on the traditional sport of fishing - people put out hooks, hoping that someone will take the bait. The most usual form of phishing is when e-mails are sent to consumers containing a link purporting to direct them to a web site, such as that of their bank. Consumers will usually be told that there is some problem with their account, such as a problem with a recent statement.
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| Phishing Attacks Reach All-Time High | 07/05/2005 | The world of phishing has changed, said senior technology consultant Graham Cluley of computer security firm Sophos. Increasingly, the people who send e-mail laden with malicious packages are involved in criminal gangs that are reaping enormous financial benefit from the security breaches they exploit.
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| Massive rise in phishing attacks | 07/01/2005 | Publishling the figures in its Global Business Security Index, the company found that networks of compromised computers, known as botnets, were the main reason for the massive jump.
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| FBI Probes Phishing of eBay in Norway | 06/29/2005 | A Norwegian Internet radio site has been shut down pending an FBI investigation of a possible attempt to swindle customers of the eBay Web auction house, the company hosting the site said Wednesday.
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| Will MasterCard breach breed new wave of phishing? | 06/22/2005 | Email users are being warned to be on the lookout for new social engineering techniques attempting to exploit the widely-publicised theft of up to 40 million credit card account details from a transaction processing firm.
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| Phishing And Pharming The Feds | 06/20/2005 | GAO report says more needs to be done to protect government from cybersecurity risks, but most agencies fail to report threats consistently.
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| Web shopping thrives amid phishing fears | 06/15/2005 | While consumers' concern over phishing and pharming attacks is leading some to curtail their online shopping, e-commerce still continued to rise this year, according to two separate reports.
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| Mytob worm picks up phishing trick | 06/09/2005 | The creators of recent Mytob worm variants have borrowed tricks from phishers to infect more computer users, security experts are warning.
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| Worm, phishing scam hit AIM, Yahoo IM | 05/25/2005 | Users of instant messaging applications from Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. are being warned this week of two new threats spreading via instant messaging.
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| Microsoft Plugs Phishing Hole on Xbox360 Site | 05/25/2005 | Microsoft has applied an update to its Xbox360.com Web site to address a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could have been exploited by phishers to snag sensitive personal information from online gamers.
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| New Phishing Attack Targets ID-Theft Victims | 05/17/2005 | A new phishing attack under way seems to be aimed at victims of identity theft and tries to get them to divulge information about their bank accounts. The victims are lured to Web sites that appear to be legitimate, where they're asked to provide personal account information.
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| Wi-Fi Phishing Scam Targets Business Travelers | 05/10/2005 | Business computer users who frequent airport and other wireless hotspots are being warned of a new, more sophisticated variant of the "Evil Twin" phishing scam that appeared in January.
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| MasterCard Shuts Down 1,400 Phishing Sites | 05/10/2005 | MasterCard International Inc. said Tuesday that it has shut down nearly 1,400 phishing sites and more than 750 sites suspected of selling illegal credit-card information since launching an ID-theft-prevention program in June. The program also has led to the discovery and protection of more than 35,000 MasterCard account numbers that were in jeopardy of being compromised.
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| Phishing attacks take a new twist | 05/04/2005 | Phishers are increasingly using new methods to nab sensitive information from Internet users, according to data from Websense Security Labs.
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| Phishing Attacks Get More Sophisticated | 05/03/2005 | The latest figures from the Anti-Phishing Working Group offer cold comfort for anyone concerned about phishing. Although the number of attacks seems to have reached a plateau, phishing e-mails appear to be getting more sophisticated.
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| DNS Attacks Expose Key Flaws | 05/02/2005 | The steady rise in phishing attacks in the last year, coupled with increasingly sophisticated scams such as "pharming" attacks, is driving interest in technology to lock down critical components such as e-mail and Domain Name System.
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| Hushmail DNS Attack Blamed on Network Solutions | 4/29/2005 | Secure e-mail service provider Hushmail Communications plans to pursue a criminal investigation into a hacking attack that redirected users to a defaced Web site. The company pinned the blame for the breach squarely on the shoulders of domain name registrar Network Solutions.
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| That Phishy Smell Is Coming from Yahoo | 4/28/2005 | Who's the phishiest hosting service on the Internet? According to Netcraft, an Internet security research and consulting firm, it's Inktomi, part of Yahoo.
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| Hackers plot more phishing, mobile viruses | 4/25/2005 | Mass-mailer viruses like Bagle, Netsky and MyDoom are so passé. Hackers in the know are now concentrating on mobile phone viruses, phishing scams and exploiting vulnerabilities, according to McAfee. The anti-virus vendor is set to release its quarterly report on Internet threats on Monday, with an eye on the dangers that lie ahead.
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| AOL Fights Phishing | 04/20/2005 | America Online has begun a campaign to identify and block fraudulent Web sites that attempt to solicit personal information from visitors, it says.
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| Opera's new browser fights phishing | 04/20/2005 | Internet browser company Opera Software has added features for tighter security and the ability to surf the web with voice commands in the latest version of its browser, Opera 8.0 for Windows and Linux.
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| Phishing, Hunting, And Living With Spam | 04/18/2005 | HOW SPAM IS LIKE THE WEATHER--OR NOT. To reference a famous Mark Twainism, spam is like the weather--everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Except that may be changing.
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| Brits fail online phishing test | 04/11/2005 | A week after the publication of an online phishing quiz to educate internet users about fraud, the first results show that over 90 per cent of us are at risk.
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| This week in phishing | 04/08/2005 | Google was busy on the security front this week, testing phishing protection for its free Web-based e-mail to alert people to potential fraud.
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| Phishing Dips into Yahoo IM | 3/25/2005 | Further evidence emerged this week that phishing attacks are spreading far beyond e-mail inboxes. They also are using instant messages in the quest to trick users into divulging personal information through spoofed Web links of well-known companies.
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| A phishing wolf in sheep's clothing | 03/14/2005 | An easily remedied Web site loophole may be leaving banks and other companies that do business online more susceptible to phishing attacks, according to Netcraft.
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| Microsoft, eBay Form Anti-Phishing Network | 02/14/2005 | A group of companies concerned about the spread of phishing, including Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc. and WholeSecurity Inc., have banded together to start a service that will serve as an early-warning network for new attacks.
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| Study: Security fears daunt online shoppers | 02/14/2005 | One-fourth of online shoppers have reduced their purchases in the past year as concerns over identity theft have risen, according to a survey released Monday.
That increased reluctance to shop online comes as Americans become more aware of the possible risks, the consumer study by RSA Security indicated. Some 61 percent of respondents said they feel more informed about identity theft issues, and 23 percent noted they feel more vulnerable than they did a year ago.
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| Phishing flaw a danger to alternative browsers | 02/07/2005 | A security weakness in a standard for handling special character sets in domain names could let an attacker spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers, a researcher has warned.
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| Fake Microsoft Mail Is Spyware Phishing Attack | 02/07/2005 | Security researchers have set off the alarm for a new phishing scam that piggybacks on Microsoft's plans to make its "Windows Genuine Advantage" anti-piracy initiative mandatory later this year.
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| Rowling warns Harry Potter fans about Net scams | 02/02/2005 | Author J.K. Rowling is warning Harry Potter fans to watch out for Internet fraudsters claiming to sell electronic copies of her latest wizard saga--they are trying to steal bank and credit card details.
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| Net scams driving rise in ID theft | 02/01/2005 | Americans lost at least $548 million to identity theft and consumer fraud last year as the Internet provided new victims for age-old scams, according to government statistics released Tuesday.
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| Netscape readies antiphishing browser | 01/31/2005 | Netscape next month is expected to release a test version of a Web browser designed to resist phishing schemes, taking aim at recent security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Web browser.
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| Taming the ever-evolving phish risk | 01/31/2005 | At an industry conference last year, the head of security for a state port authority told of how a phisher - possibly a current or former employee, or someone in cahoots with one - bluffed his way onto the corporate network by first spoofing an internal e-mail address...
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| Data leak puts PayPal users at phishing risk | 01/25/2005 | Online financial service PayPal has warned a small number of customers that they should be extra-vigilant against online scams, after their e-mail addresses were leaked on the Internet.
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| Banks bearing the brunt of phishing scams | 01/20/2005 | Financial services companies remain the most frequent targets of online phishing schemes, according to the latest figures released by an organization working to fight the scams.
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| Man Admits to Tsunami Phishing Scam | 01/18/2005 | A Pennsylvanian man has admitted sending more than 800,000 e-mails purporting to be from a charity appealing for funds for victims of the Asian tsunami—funds that would instead have ended up in his PayPal account.
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| Firefox flaw raises phishing fears | 01/07/2005 | A vulnerability in Firefox could expose users of the open-source browser to the risk of phishing scams, security experts have warned.
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| Phishing hole discovered in IE | 12/17/2004 | Microsoft is investigating reports of a new Internet Explorer flaw that puts people with the most secure version of Windows at risk of phishing attacks.
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| Browser phishing 'flaw' could hook users | 12/08/2004 | A function built into all major browsers could be co-opted by attackers to fool Web site visitors into surrendering sensitive information, a security firm warned on Wednesday.
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| Phishing attacks skyrocket in 2004 | 12/06/2004 | The number of phishing attacks launched each month has increased nearly 10-fold this year, tech security company MessageLabs said Monday.
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| More Scammers Go Phishing | 11/30/2004 | Online phishing schemes increased significantly in October as financial institutions struggled to combat attempts to steal private account information from online consumers, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
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| Catch of the Day: Banks Face New Phishing | 11/30/2004 | Banks and their customers are facing new threats of phishing attacks, making it more difficult than ever to protect customers from identity theft and fraud. The increasing sophistication of phishing scams makes it harder for consumers to discern the difference between a legitimate bank e-mail message and a fraudulent one, according to industry experts.
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| Phishers Take Aim At EarthLink, Other ISPs | 11/30/2004 | Phishers are widening their nets to include customers of Internet service providers (ISP), a security firm said Tuesday after analyzing a campaign against the Atlanta-based ISP, EarthLink.
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| Bot Networks Behind Big Boost in Phishing Attacks | 11/30/2004 | Phishing fraudsters dramatically anted up last month by using automated tools and networks of hacked computers to double the number of sites that illegally collect financial information, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) said Wednesday
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| Phishing--who's taking the bait now? | 11/23/2004 | Phishing is a technique used by hackers in which spammed e-mail draws you to a phony Web site that looks amazingly like that of a trusted institution such as your bank.
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| Caught in a phishing trap | 11/17/2004 | For Steve Krabill, a 33-year-old Oklahoma engineer, the answer to phishing scams is simple: Trust nobody.
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| Police arrest phishing mob suspect | 11/11/2004 | A suspected Russian gangster and phishing scam operator, caught with $200,000 in stolen goods and $15,000 cash, has been charged on several counts of identity fraud and credit card fraud.
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| 'Phishing' on the Rise, But Don't Take the Bait | 11/9/2004 | Jan Boldt can hardly believe the number of fake e-mail warnings she receives almost daily from crooks impersonating the security divisions at eBay, AOL, PayPal and other businesses. She usually deletes them without even looking.
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| Phishers Widen Their Net | 11/4/2004 | A new, sophisticated phishing technique has been reported that dupes users with blank e-mails and self-launching software.
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| Thousands of Canadians victims of 'phishing' | 11/4/2004 | A new survey suggests as many as 200,000 Canadians may have been unwittingly victimized by "phishing," a type of scheme in which people are duped into providing personal information and financial data over the Internet.
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| Net fraudsters step up "phishing" scam | 11/3/2004 | Fraudsters have developed a potent new computer programme that steals Internet banking customers' details by duping them into opening up a bogus e-mail, a security firm says.
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| Strong authentication a hard sell for banks | 11/3/2004 | The announcement last week that U.S. Bancorp, the eighth largest U.S. bank, signed a deal with VeriSign Inc. to secure customer access to online commercial banking services could signal a significant trend toward greater security for retail banking and brokerage customers, as companies in those industries fight a big increase in online scams.
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| Hacking becomes a full-time job | 10/28/2004 | The chief scientist of security company Internet Security Systems believes 2004 could prove to be a watershed year for hacking.
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| Phishers Spoof FDIC Site to Collect Card Info | 9/23/2004 | A phishing scam that appeared Thursday claiming to help protect consumers against debit-card fraud and identity theft has experts worried about the increasing skill and creativity of online scammers.
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| Consumers still falling for phish | 7/28/2004 | Confused by what's arriving in your inbox? You're not alone. Nearly one out of three Internet users was unable to tell the difference between fraudulent e-mails designed to steal their identities and legitimate corporate e-mail, a new study finds.
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| Phishers finding easy prey | 7/26/2004 | Leading financial institutions have adopted a more-aggressive attitude toward online identity-theft cons known as "phishing scams" in recent months. But companies could be unwittingly helping phishers trick online shoppers, says a new report from a U.K. Web developer.
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| Senator introduces 'phishing' penalties bill | 7/12/2004 | Fraudsters who create authentic-looking Web sites in an effort to get customers of a legitimate e-commerce site to provide financial or other personal information could go to jail for up to five years under legislation introduced by a U.S. senator.
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| Companies team to reel in phishing | 6/21/2004 | A new consortium of companies from different industries has formed to tackle the problem of online identity fraud, better known as "phishing."
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| Gartner: Phishing on the rise in U.S. | 6/15/2004 | New research published Tuesday by Gartner indicates that illegal access to checking accounts, often gained via technology-borne schemes such as "phishing," has grown into the fastest growing form of consumer theft in the United States.
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| Scam looks for bank card numbers | 1/12/2004 | A fake e-mail making the rounds Monday asks clients of Citibank's online banking service to verify their e-mail, bank card number and PIN by clicking on a link in the e-mail. Citibank issued a statement Monday saying the notice did not come from the company, and the fake e-mail looks something less than professional.
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