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Phishers chase the well-heeled
November 9, 2006 People with high incomes attract more scam e-mails, and they lose more cash when they're duped, according to a Gartner report.Kits help phishing sites proliferate
February 27, 2006 Security experts says December's 65 percent growth in crook sites is due to increasing availability of phishing toolkits.Phishers hijack IM accounts
October 16, 2006 Scammers are sneaking into instant-messaging accounts to send out lures for their information-thieving Web sites.Microsoft speeds up phishing shield for IE 7
December 16, 2006 In some cases the antiphishing feature that protects against fraudulent Web sites in Internet Explorer 7 bogged down Windows PCs.More brands targeted as phishing attacks soar
January 18, 2006 Big commercial names are used in phishing e-mails designed to trick recipients into giving up account information.Opera adds security layer
December 19, 2006 New features designed to alert users if the site they are visiting is legitimate or a phishing site.Yahoo adds phishing shield
August 22, 2006 New feature lets Yahoo users customize the login page to foil information-thieving phishing scams.CipherTrust toolbar adds phish net to e-mail
March 13, 2006 "TrustedSource Toolbar" plugs in to Outlook and Lotus Notes and is designed to fight spam, phishing and fraud.FBI warns of twist in extortion phishing scam
January 12, 2007 Pay no attention to e-mails, purportedly from the FBI in London, stating you were next on a murderer's hit list.Firefox to get phishing shield
March 8, 2006 Upcoming version of the open-source browser will offer protection against phishing scams, using technology that might come from Google.Secure RSS feeds from SimpleFeed
February 6, 2006 SimpleFeed offers a corporate RSS-feed service safe from phishing, spam and viruses.RSA takes on Trojan horses
March 16, 2007 Service will help financial institutions identify Trojan horses and take down the Web sites that distribute the threats.Google plugs phishing hole
September 18, 2006 Code that lets organizations put search tool on their own pages could have given a toehold to scammers.Alert sounds alarm on phishing imposters
March 29, 2006 Phishregistry.org uses "fingerprint" of real site to root out fakes on the Web, then tells businesses if they've been targeted.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.Fighting fraud by baiting phishers
March 31, 2006 RSA Security's newly acquired Cyota overwhelms phishing sites with fake usernames, passwords and credit card info.New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams
January 10, 2007 Tool automatically creates dynamic phishing sites that pull in data from the target Web site, RSA says.FBI nabs phishers in U.S., Eastern Europe
November 3, 2006 With help from local authorities, the agency has arrested more than a dozen individuals connected with a global scam. Details due Friday.Phishers catch on to the Net's 'long tail'
September 12, 2006 Online scammers are no longer targeting just the best-known brands, according to a new report.Microsoft to fight phishers in Europe
March 20, 2006 Will sue fraudsters who spoof MSN and other Web properties, expanding a legal campaign already under way in the U.S. Sponsored matches for "phishing"
