Phishing: just the FAQs
How to keep yourself safe from the phishers, fraudsters and fakes What is phishing, and how to defend against it Phishing is "the act of defrauding an online account holder of information by posing as a legitimate company", according to the dictionary. Most people will already be familiar with it through the stream of spam emails arriving in their inboxes pretending that there has been a ...
Spam in April: Phishing Attacks on eBay Fall by Half
Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its spam report for April 2011. Compared to the previous month the amount of spam in email traffic increased by 1.2 percentage points and averaged 80.8%. In the second half of April the average figure exceeded 83.6%, suggesting the share of unsolicited mail will continue to grow in the coming month.
APWG Report: More than One Third of Web Host Victims Repeatedly Exploited By Cybercrime Gangs
The Anti-Phishing Working Group is reporting this week that more than one-third of respondents to a new Web Vulnerabilities Survey were repeat victims of phishing attacks that resulted in a successful establishment of phishing or spoofing websites on their web server platforms.
Simple clear advice in plain English
If you click on the link in a phishing email, you could unwittingly find yourself part of a botnet. We explain what the cyber criminals are up to these days
Law enforcement strives to keep up with cybercrime
Law enforcement fighting the war against cybercriminals say important battles are being won despite the ever-evolving technology and techniques developed for nefarious purposes.
