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Study finds hosting providers offer phishing paradise
The Anti-Phishing Working Group found that 47 percent of all phishing attacks involve shared web hosting, like one might find on WordPress or Joomla.
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Avalanche the most prolific phishing group of 2009
The Avalanche phishing group was responsible for 24 percent of all phishing attacks during the first half of the year, according to a new report.
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FTC plans anti-phishing roundtable
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hosting a half-day roundtable event to discuss new strategies aimed at increasing awareness of phishing schemes.
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MySpace wins major spam judgment
If the law can ever find him, the spam king owes $223 million to the popular social networking site MySpace.
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“Avalanche” phishing slowing, but was all the 2009 rage
A single crime syndicate dominated the phishing scene last year, but the outfit appears to be taking quieter breaths in 2010, a new report concludes.
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Phisher steals Salesforce.com customer list
Customers of Salesforce.com are facing a barrage of phishing emails containing viruses and keyloggers after the company suffered the leak of a customer contact list.
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Kaspersky: Banking malware attacks up 30.6% in 2016; finance sector phishing also more prevalent
The number of cyberattacks targeting financial institutions and their customers soared to new heights in 2016, according to Kaspersky Lab, which observed nearly 1.09 million banking trojan attacks on users in 2016.
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Phishing fears cause workers to reject genuine business communications
Skepticism about COVID-19 communications exemplifies a hidden cost of the fight against phishing and vishing scams: lost time and business inefficiencies caused by paranoid employees.
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GoDaddy scam shows how voice phishing can be more deceptive than email schemes
Unlike with an email-based phish where an employee might be observant enough spot a telltale red flag, such as multiple typos or the wrong sender address, there's little time to key in on suspicious circumstances in the midst of a dialogue.
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