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domingo, novembro 28, 2004
Rápida massificação do "phishing"
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"Online phishing schemes more than doubled last month, leaving financial institutions struggling to rebuff attempts to steal private account information from customers, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
Last month, 1,142 sites were used for phishing, up 110% from the 543 sites reported in September, according to the report issued this week by the consortium of law enforcement, financial institutions and IT security firms that tracks the online attacks.
Almost 6,600 different phishing messages were reported to the group in October.
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Phishing occurs when con merchants send fraudulent e-mails to customers to lure them to websites that appear to be the home page of a well-known financial institution. The e-mails instruct the customer to leave account information on the site, which the scammers then use for identity theft.
The financial services industry has taken the biggest hit. Last year phishing scams cost banks and credit-card companies $10.2bn (£5.4bn), according to a recent Gartner report."
Computer Weekly
"Online phishing schemes more than doubled last month, leaving financial institutions struggling to rebuff attempts to steal private account information from customers, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
Last month, 1,142 sites were used for phishing, up 110% from the 543 sites reported in September, according to the report issued this week by the consortium of law enforcement, financial institutions and IT security firms that tracks the online attacks.
Almost 6,600 different phishing messages were reported to the group in October.
...
Phishing occurs when con merchants send fraudulent e-mails to customers to lure them to websites that appear to be the home page of a well-known financial institution. The e-mails instruct the customer to leave account information on the site, which the scammers then use for identity theft.
The financial services industry has taken the biggest hit. Last year phishing scams cost banks and credit-card companies $10.2bn (£5.4bn), according to a recent Gartner report."
Computer Weekly
posted by CMT, 1:49 da tarde
