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: Law Librarian BlogEconomy Down, Phishing Up, Way Up
The Anti-Phishing Working Group reports that phishing-related malware had an absolute boom in the second quarter of 2008. The group's analysis found a remarkable 9,529 URLs spreading phishing warez by the end of June; that's 258% higher than the number...
Full post as published by Law Librarian Blog on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).

Why phishing works
Rachna Dhamija, J. D. Tygar and Marti Hearst from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science have published an academic paper explaining "Why Phishing Works"...
E-mail claiming to be from IRS is a scam
If you receive an e-mail from the IRS suggesting your tax refund has been delayed, don?t click on the reply link...
Practically Speaking - Beware of Phishing
Interesting article over networkworld.com about the dangers of phishing scams. As you’ll read in the article, phishing scams have become very sophisticated and if anyone at your company who has access to confidential information falls prey, you’re trade secrets may be at risk...
New FTC Videos Help Consumers Spot Phishing Scams
News release: "The Federal Trade Commission has released three 60-second videos to help alert consumers to phishing scams...
Phishing Simplified
Explain Phishing To Your Grandma | Consumerist
More Phishing
Matthew Bowen follows up on Prevention Works' recent warning and help regarding phishing...
PHISHING WITH BAITED SUBPOENAS
Just when you think you?ve seen everything, the bad guys invent a new spin on an old game...
Just making sure that phishing is illegal
Techdirt questions why the US Senate is considering a law to make phishing illegal: As the saying goes, when your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail...
Security Technologies, Including Encryption?
The last thing they want to do is add an additional threat to the
problem....

Security Technologies, Including Encryption?
The last thing they want to do is add an additional threat to the
problem....








