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Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims

December 3, 2007 Cybercriminals are shrinking host names of malicious sites to lend them an air of legitimacy, according to security researchers. TAGS: phishing, Sophos Plc., victim, researcher, security, link, character, blog

Phishers hijack IM accounts

October 16, 2006 Scammers are sneaking into instant-messaging accounts to send out lures for their information-thieving Web sites. TAGS: phishing, Yahoo! Inc., IM, phishing Web site, link

Phishing--who's taking the bait now?

November 23, 2004 Kavado CEO Vikram Desai says blended phishing is likely to sucker more users into divulging valuable information. TAGS: phishing, victim, XSS, e-business, link, bank, technique, Web browser, e-mail

Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole

March 15, 2007 Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 error message could help cybercrooks obscure phishing scams. TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, phishing, attacker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, vulnerability, link, bank, message, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Phishing twist relies on bogus blogs

April 12, 2005 Attackers are capitalizing not only on the popularity of blogs, but also on the free storage that some hosting sites offer. TAGS: Websense Inc., blog, phishing, popularity, IM, link, virus, password, e-mail, security

Phishers use IRS tax refund as bait

December 1, 2005 Cybercriminals take advantage of programming error on a federal Web site to pose as IRS and collect sensitive data. TAGS: redirect, Graham Cluley, phishing, Sophos Plc., link, social security number, Social Security, government, tax, programming, credit card, security, president, e-mail

Worm, phishing scam hit IM services

May 24, 2005 Piggybacking on the popularity of the new "Star Wars" movie, a new worm and a phishing scam target AOL and Yahoo IM users. TAGS: IMLogic, phishing, worm, IM, antivirus software, Star Wars, America Online Inc., McAfee Inc., intrusion detection, Yahoo! Inc., link, security company, Time Warner Inc., movie, virus, message

Google flaw adds phishing hole to Web sites

November 28, 2006 Google's search appliances could expose Web sites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks. TAGS: search appliance, Google Search Appliance, Google Mini, phishing, appliance, Google Inc., vulnerability, flaw, Google Search, spokesman, link, security, e-mail

Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace

December 4, 2006 Playing a rigged video on MySpace embeds the malicious file and adds phishing links to people's profiles. TAGS: MySpace, phishing Web site, FaceTime Communications, Apple QuickTime, News Corp., Websense Inc., phishing, worm, profile, F-Secure Corp., security company, link, blog, video, security
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