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• eBay scrambles to fix phishing bug

  eBay was last week fighting to repair a software glitch that opens the door to phishing attacks using one of its own legitimate URLs.

• eBay fraud of no concern to Eastern Europe

  eBay is decrying the lack of interest in cybercrime by authorities in countries such as Romania, Russia, and China.

• Consumer confidence up, but criminals get trickier: eBay

  Consumers are displaying greater confidence in online shopping, but expect more information on individual sites showing them how to protect themselves from Internet scams, a new local study commissioned by online auctioneer eBay has found.

• Scammers use Gmail invite as phishing hook

  Scammers have caught on to the allure of Gmail and are using the Google e-mail service for a "phishing" scam to harvest e-mail addresses and passwords.

• Phishers set hidden traps on eBay

  Click on an eBay auction listing, and you could get an unwanted result: a fake eBay login page, created by scammers looking to pilfer your username and password.

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  Authenticate properly or don't bother calling

  Have you received a telephone call from your bank asking to 'confirm' a recent transaction? How can you be sure it was actually your bank calling?

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• Phishing attacks hook more and more victims

  Phishing attacks have increased in quantity and quality over the past two months, according to research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group on Monday.

• E-commerce turns 10

  After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?

• Caught in a phishing trap?

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

• Bigger phishes ready to spawn

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

• McAfee updates target 'phishing'

  McAfee has released updates to its spam prevention service and personal firewall software to help home users combat the growing form of online fraud known as "phishing."

Reviews (3)

• 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.

• Mozilla Firefox 2

  Mozilla Firefox 2 is a winner, beating Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on security, features, and overall cool factor and deserving our Editors' Choice award.

• Viruses pack triple threat

  Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.

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