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News (38)

• Qld firm's reputation ruined by e-mail scam

  A small Queensland-based casting agency's credibility is in tatters after phishers used the company's name in an e-mail scam.

• Westpac 'hardware failures' hit online bank

  The online banking system of Westpac was crippled several times and its customers were the target of a phishing attack but the bank has denied the two incidents were related.

• DNS service promises safer, faster browsing

  A San Francisco start-up is promising faster, safer and smarter Web surfing -- but there's a catch.

• Education no longer enough to combat phishing?

  Educating users to recognise potential phishing scams may no longer be an effective tool because recent attacks were so sophisticated that fraudulent sites are virtually indistinguishable from the original, according to MessageLabs.

• Symantec buys antiphishing firm WholeSecurity

  Symantec has agreed to acquire privately held WholeSecurity, which makes products to fight phishing scams and detect malicious code attacks.

Blogs (1)

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  Web 2.0 makes phishing spam obsolete

  In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.

Features and Case Studies (9)

• Phishers going after small fry

  Online fraud scams are increasingly turning their sights to credit unions, according to a new report.

• Caught in a phishing trap?

  The rise in online identity fraud has companies on the hook: Either educate customers or lose them.

• If it smells, it must be phish

  Do you think banks and financial institutions in Australia are doing enough to protect consumers from "phishing expeditions"?

• Bigger phishes ready to spawn

  special report Phishing attacks may have slowed, but their sophistication is increasing at a rapid pace.

• The new face of cybercrime

  Computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker says the rise of the professional hacker means the IT world must unlearn old lessons.

Reviews (1)

• Drowning in a sea full of Phish

  Phishing scams work on an embarrasingly low percentage of users -- but apparently that's enough to keep them profitable.

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