Phishers improve bait as they target ISPs
News Dave Jevans, chairman of the APWG and a senior executive of security specialist Tumbleweed Communications, said that in the US, customers of ISPs have become a common target, and he expects customers of UK ISPs to come under attack in the near...
[February 5, 2004, 14:15]
Open season for phishing as attacks soar
News Dave Jevans, chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group said that hackers, identity thieves and virus writers were collaborating to produce ever more sophisticated attacks. Jevans said that in April his organisation discovered a new attack that is...
[May 25, 2004, 13:45]
Toxic phishers scam the unwary
News In situations like that, dissatisfied customers that have to wait a long time on jammed phone lines might take their business elsewhere," Jevans said. In most cases so far, as a matter of good customer relations," said Jevans, "where a customer has...
[January 12, 2004, 14:55]
Phishing still on the up
News EarthLink and MSN came up quickly in the stats for November," said David Jevans, chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group. The same template -- page layout, language and buttons -- was used in the EarthLink and MSN attempts, Jevans said.
[December 16, 2004, 8:40]
Website-based malware hits all-time high
News Cybercriminals continue to increase their activities to levels never before seen in the five years since the APWG has been monitoring phishing and crimeware," APWG chairman Dave Jevans said in a statement.
[December 11, 2008, 13:50]
Experts gather for cybercrime conference
News This helps in the overall efforts to combat the cybercriminals," said Dave Jevans, chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, who is slated to speak at the event later this week. Jevans of the Anti-Phishing Working Group plans to present a...
[January 22, 2007, 15:11]
Survey: Nearly all phishing from forged addresses
News One Achilles' heel of phishing, and other related email threats like spam and viruses, is the reliance on forged 'from' addresses to hide the sender's identity," APWG Chairman Dave Jevans said in a statement.
[June 29, 2004, 12:00]
Phishing attacks hook more and more victims
News Dave Jevans, chairman of the APWG and a senior executive at Internet messaging firm Tumbleweed, said phishing attacks are getting more common and more complex: "We are seeing more use of Javascript, pop-ups and cross-site scripting techniques to...
[March 22, 2004, 12:45]
Banks still top targets for phishing scams
News The concurrent proliferation of targeted brands and concentration of phishing focus on financial institutions is, of course, disturbing," APWG chairman David Jevans said in a statement. Financial services companies remain the most frequent targets...
[January 21, 2005, 8:30]
