Phishing

How The Tax Man Is Losing Billions

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax Refund Scams, Video, Tax Season, Irs, Tax Refunds, Internal Revenue Service, Identity Theft, Business News, Phishing Scam, Tax Scams, Phishing, Tax Refund Scams Irs, Business News

It's tax season and you know what that means: Time for scams. The government is cracking down on a scheme that they say has already likely bilked ...

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Are You Being Scammed?

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Taxes, Irs, Earned Income Tax Credit, Identity Theft, Charitable Deduction, Tax Day 2012, Tax Scams, Phishing, Federal Tax Forms, Fake Tax Forms, Tax Fraud, Taxpayers, Taxpayer Tips, Tax Deductions, Money News

Every year during tax season, scam artists try and break off a piece of Americans' tax payments. "Scam artists will tempt people in-person, on-lin...

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Identity Theft: Are We Doomed?

Adam Levin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Hilarry Clinton Polls, Phishing, Internet Privacy, US Chamber of Commerce, Hackers-China-US-Chamber-of-Commerce, Diginotar, Identity Theft, Business News

Hacking is a continuously evolving epidemic that is often perceived as a battle between evil and good forces. I am not overwhelmed by the proposals that I have seen because they treat the symptoms without paying attention to the infection itself.

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Google, Microsoft Team Up To Fight Email Scams

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Video, Email Scam, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Phishing, Email Phishing, Domain Based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance, Ap, Dmarc, Technology News

NEW YORK (AP) — Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. ...

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Cybercriminals Know Everything About You

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Spear Phishing Attack, Cybersecurity, Video, Phishing, Spear Phishing, Phishing Attack, Cybercriminals, Technology News

By Ben Rooney, the Wall Street Journal If you want to know just how sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks can be, consider one so-called spear p...

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Gmail Hijackers Targeting Government Officials' Accounts--Again

Computerworld | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Cybersecurity, Spear Phishing, Phishing, Gmail Phishing, Gmail Spear Phishing China, Gmail Spear Phishing, Gmail, Technology News

Months after Google said that Chinese hackers were targeting the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. government officials, attempts to hijack Gmail inboxes ...

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When "Phish" Is Really Fishy

Christopher Burgess | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Phishing Scam, Phishing, Identity Theft, Personal Identity Theft, Email Phishing, Online Scams, Theft of Identity, Technology News

Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

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How Criminals Steal Passwords, Bank Websites, and the Internet: An Interview with Rod Rasmussen

Alex Pasternack | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Passwords, Cybersecurity, Internet, Phishing, Security, Crime, Hacking, Technology News

In 1997, as tends to happen on the internet, someone did something bad: they set up an account posing as an AOL billing representative, and emailed thousands of people with a simple request.

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Yahoo, Hotmail Also Targets Of Attacks: Report

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Hotmail Hack, Phishing, Spear Phishing, Email Hack, Gmail Hack, Yahoo Hack, Email Attack, Spearphishing, Technology News

Gmail's not the only email service to suffer from targeted hack attempts: Yahoo and Hotmail have reportedly been hit by similar attacks as well, Compu...

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Massive Epsilon Data Breach Puts Millions At Risk For Phishing Attacks

Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Phishing Attack, Epsilon Risks, Epsilon Breach, Epsilon Hack, Epsilon, Email Phishing, Spear Phishing, Phishing, Technology News

By Ross Kerber and Diane Bartz (BOSTON/WASHINGTON) Tens of millions of customers and employees of major banks, hotels and retailers are now at ri...

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Keeping Your Parents Safe Online

Christopher Burgess | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Captions, Elderly, Online Safety, Young, Children, Phish, Email, Christopher Burgess, Cisco, Security, Social Media, Cisco Security, Social Networks, Cybercrime, Tags, Online Banking, Phishing, Family, Parents, Technology News

As the year comes to a close, I see many compiling lists of tips and ideas on how you and yours can stay safe online. Earlier this month Cisco held a ...

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Researcher Warns Of iPhone Phishing Dangers

ReadWriteWeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Iphone Phishing, Apple, Phishing, Ios Security, Nitesh Dhanjani, IPhone Security, Technology News

Malicious Web developers can take advantage of the iPhone's ability to push the Safari's address bar out of view, says independent security researcher...

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Caught in the Spider's Web: Online Financial Identity Theft

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drop Handler, Malware, Carder, Keylogger, Bill Singer, Callservice.com, Phishing, Hacking, BrokeAndBroker.Com, Hackers, PIN Casher, Pin, Semasko, Naskovets, Technology News

So-called "carding" websites are providing criminals with online forums to buy and sell stolen identification and financial information. Don't get trapped in the net.

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New Facebook Scam TARGETS Justin Bieber Fans

Mashable | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber Fan Scam, Phishing Scam, Phishing, Justin Bieber Scam, Justin Bieber Facebook Scam, Justin Bieber Facebook Fan Scam, Technology News

A new scam offering free Justin Bieber concert tickets is spreading virally through the status updates of Facebook users....

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Online Privacy and Fraud Is Not That Big a Deal... Eventually

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safe, Fraud, Social Media, Cheques, Checks, Secure, Online, Credit Card, Phishing, Facebook, Privacy, Risk, Technology News

One thing that won't happen is a mass exodus away from digital innovations over privacy concerns.

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Machiavelli Is in the House

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Plagiarism, Shirley Sherrod, Functional Illiteracy, Barack Obama, Machiavelli, Corruption, Andrew Breitbart, Berkeley, Phishing, Arts News

When CentralWorks offered the world premiere of Machiavelli's The Prince, I was struck by the playwright's skill at making Machiavelli's treatise on the use of power so relevant to contemporary politics.

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How Privacy Vanishes Online

nytimes.com | STEVE LOHR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phishing, Online Scams, Online Privacy, Privacy Online, Technology News

Computer scientists and policy experts say that such seemingly innocuous bits of self-revelation can increasingly be collected and reassembled by comp...

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One Password to Rule Them All

Ken Gruberman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Passwords, PIN Codes, Password Management, Phishing, Security, Roboform, 1password, Dropbox, Technology News

If there's one computer complaint I hear more than any other, it's about passwords. It seems as if we are being inundated with passwords we must remember.

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FBI Busts Cybercrime Ring: Dozens Arrested For Identity Theft Scheme

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ID Theft, Identity Theft, FBI Arrests, Phishing Scheme, Phishing Scam, Fbi, Phishing, Hackers, Technology News

LOS ANGELES — Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in breaking up a crime ring in the U.S. and Egypt in which an elaborate "p...

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10 Ways To Spot An E-Mail Scam

switched.com | By Chris Morris — Oct 26th 2009 at 12:24PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spam, E-Mail, Email Phishing, New Email Scams, Phishing, Email Scams, E-Mail Scams, Technology News

The increasing flood of e-mail hitting your inbox can lower the guard of even the most cautious person. In the rush to keep up with important notes, i...

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Phishing Scams: How To Stay Safe

crunchgear.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phishing Scam, How to Avoid Phishing Scams, Phishing, Phishing Attack, Phishing Arrest, Technology News

Come on, people. You're probably aware of the big Hotmail scandal going on right now, what with some 30,000 account names and passwords having been le...

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Mac Users Beware: Hackers Unleash First Trojan Horse Aimed At Macs

Salon.com's "The Machinist" Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mac, Computer Virus, Apple, Computer, Phishing, Trojan Horse, Computers, Viruses, Hackers, Business News

If you're running a Mac and are in the mood for some free porn today, do not, while visiting a site purporting to offer such goodies, linger upon a We...

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