How to spot phishing scams
Q: I keep hearing about phishing scams and how I should beware of them. What exactly is phishing, and how can I avoid it? A: The term phishing is a twist on fishing. It's when someone goes fishing for information that...
Watch Out for Adobe Phishing Scams
Some tips to help identify malicious emails and avoid becoming a victim of a phishing scam claiming to be from Adobe.
Phishing scams find 'friend' in social media
Forty-four percent of people who use social media have been a victim of a cybercrime perpetrated via a social network -- viruses, online credit fraud, unsolicited pornography, excessive spam and "phishing" emails (bogus messages sent by fraudsters posing as banks and retail companies) -- according to a 2010 Norton survey. Norton is a company offering anti-virus software to computer users ...
Sony data breach may lead to "spear phishing' scams
San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment took down its network after a breach was discovered.
Phishing attacks on the rise
Phishing attacks during the first quarter of 2011 increased significantly compared to Q1 2010, according to Internet Identity's First Quarter eCrime Trends Report.The Tacoma-based company says criminals utilized phishing scams 12 percent more from January to March than during the same period a year ago. IID expects this increased phishing activity and recent Internet security breaches will ...
