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Phishing Attacks Rising Sharply
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Saw a report at computerweekly.com about phishing attacks increasing 110% in just 1 month. Remembr kids, don't EVER E-Mail any personal account information. Especially Login names and passwords. And never click links in E-Mails. Even if they look legit.
Last month, 1,142 sites were used for phishing, up 110% from the 543 sites reported in September, according to the report issued this week by the consortium of law enforcement, financial institutions and IT security firms that tracks the online attacks.
Almost 6,600 different phishing messages were reported to the group in October. Peter Cassidy, secretary general for the group, said the number of unique phishing e-mails had grown an average 36% each month since July. "Organised crime has embraced this technology and automation has increased the availability of phishing technology," he said. "They've become much more sophisticated."
Phishing occurs when con merchants send fraudulent e-mails to customers to lure them to websites that appear to be the home page of a well-known financial institution. The e-mails instruct the customer to leave account information on the site, which the scammers then use for identity theft.
The financial services industry has taken the biggest hit. Last year phishing scams cost banks and credit-card companies $10.2bn (£5.4bn), according to a recent Gartner report.
Posted by: Ocean
and a note for noobs. phishing is "fishing for information" by conning you.
example:
i call you: " this is the IT department, how are you handling the microsoft money upgrade to version 4.2?
you might reply: "oh i dont know, my machine is still running quicken 2.6"
and now i have some info.
now apply a similar con in email form.
Posted by: redwench
the most popular spoofed emails/sites are:
banks, ebay, and paypal
if you get an email from one of those that isnt expected, close the email, then go to the site to login and verify whatever the issue is. unless you know that its fake, of course. report all suspected fake emails to the organization they are spoofing. and do NOT use a free service like yahoo or hotmail for your email address for these secure accounts.
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