The public face of Microsoft privacy
News So if you think about spam, two years ago it was about marketing and offering us body-parts we didn’t need and today it is about a delivery mechanism for spyware and phishing. ZDNet UK talked to him about ID theft, the increasing threat of phishing...
[July 8, 2005, 16:40]
EC calls for concerted fight against spam
News Spam emails can contain links to phishing sites that attempt to trick people into revealing sensitive financial details, or links to sites hosting malware such as keyloggers or other spyware. The E-Privacy Directive contains a ban on spam, but...
[November 28, 2006, 16:31]
Microsoft will fight phishing before IE7 launch
News Last month, in an interview with ZDNet UK, Microsoft's chief privacy strategist, Peter Cullen, identified phishing as a major area of focus for Microsoft. We are focusing on phishing," he said, "but it is still part of the spam problem.
[August 25, 2005, 17:55]
McAfee spam advice
Blog When unsubscribing from mail always check that the links in the email go to the correct company website and not a phishing site. Do not click on the links in the email, as they may be fake links to phishing Web sites.
[January 10, 2007, 11:43]
Experts gather for cybercrime conference
News Trojan horses, phishing and spam — oh my Aside from various talks specifically on botnets, other presentations dive into Trojan horses, new styles of denial-of-service attacks, spam, phishing and weaknesses in protection technologies such as...
[January 22, 2007, 15:11]
Norton's 2005 security line-up review
Reviews Other enhancements include a feature to filter out URLs commonly used by phishing scammers and spam filters for various language sets. Enhancements include a feature to filter out URLs commonly used by phishing scammers, plus spam filters set to...
[August 18, 2004, 16:45]
eBay takes on phishers with email service
News According to a report from online privacy watchdog Truste, seven out of 10 people who go online have received phishing emails, and 15 percent of those have been duped into providing personal information.eBay has been assertive in fighting scam...
[January 5, 2005, 7:55]
Netscape parades security features
News Phishing scams are a prevalent type of online fraud that attempt to steal sensitive user information such as user names, passwords and credit card information. The threats of phishing and spyware have become more and more real.
[May 19, 2005, 9:30]
Warning as rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data
News The first notification included hyperlinks that led to a phishing site on the fucabook.com domain, allegedly registered to someone in Armenia, he said. He installed the app and his friends were spammed immediately with a bogus notification...
[August 20, 2009, 9:47]
Facebook admits to increased attacks by spammers
News This was identified as being the prelude to a spam or phishing attack, and the attack was traced to a Seattle hosting service. Kelly explained the hack attacks included non-specific threats, such as edge-of-network penetration attempts and...
[April 22, 2008, 17:10]
The Economics of Information Security
White Papers The new field provides valuable insights not just into "Security" topics (such as bugs, spam, phishing, and law enforcement strategy) but into more general areas such as the design of peer-to-peer systems, the optimal balance of effort by...
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
Microsoft sues over IM spam, phishing
News Microsoft has filed a lawsuit accusing two companies of launching instant-messaging spam and phishing attacks that targeted users on its Live Messenger network. Microsoft says that the successful use of these tactics has let third parties obtain...
[July 17, 2009, 16:41]
Deloitte: People are still weakest security link
News The major causes of external breaches were customers compromised by viruses and worms, and email attacks through spam, phishing and pharming. Mike Maddison, Deloitte UK head of security and privacy services, said in a statement: "You can have the...
[September 18, 2007, 15:52]
