phishing Archive
Proliferation of phishing scams, aimed at people working from home, demonstrates extent to which cyber criminals systematically exploit vulnerabilities – particularly those that can be socially engineered. With high numbers of people working from home, and the explosion over the …
When financial markets appear to be in free fall, many organisations might think that data protection is the least of their worries. Who cares, they might wonder, about protecting personal data if tomorrow we might not exist any more? (And, from what …
It’s amazing how social trends can often make people do the most stupid things. Sales of paper shredders have gone through the roof of late because the public has woken up to the identity theft risks of making personal data …
The Message Labs 2006 Annual Report makes interesting reading – the most important section, though, is the chapter dealing with their projections for 2007. They forecast a continuing increase in spam, growth in the threat to users of Instant Messaging, …
More evidence of the increasing sophistication of online fraud. Gartner says that phishing scams are increasingly targeting wealthy web users and that the number of adults to have received phishing e-mails has nearly doubled since 2004. “The good news is …
Get Safe Online is out banging the drum for improved Internet security awareness amongst consumers and small businesses. As expected, their new survey reveals some strikingly relaxed attitudes (e.g. 25% of respondents were either not aware of phishing scams, or …
“Mr. Calder, it’s your bank calling.” “Yes?” I answer, cautiously, wondering what I’ve done wrong – or what has been done to me. “For security, can I please ask for your telephone banking password?” My mouth opens: “3..b (for bravo)…9…” …
APACs has recently said that UK banks can’t be expected to go on compensating the victims of “phishing” attacks. I’m astonished that they ever did in the first place! And it’s hardly surprising that, when there is no cost to …
