Archive for May, 2005

UK Phishing Laws Toughened Up

Friday, May 27th, 2005

New UK phishing laws will allow prison sentences of up to 10 years for phishers.

Original post by SecuMania Staff

Linux OS Hardening

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

If I had a dollar for everytime I ran accross a server that for whatever reason wasn’t hardened at all. This goes for all of the common operating systems, but makes me cringe most when it is Linux.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for identity theft

Netscape 8.0 To Combat Phishing

Friday, May 20th, 2005

Netscape 8.0 is to focus on the prevention of online scams and other frauds.

Original post by SecuMania Staff

Phishing Scams Lure Employees

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

A new survey demonstrates how easy it is for employees to fall foul to phishing scams.

Original post by SecuMania Staff

MasterCard Hunts Phishing Gangs

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

MasterCard has successfully shut down over 2000 fraudulent websites in the past year, the company says.

Original post by SecuMania Staff

New Wi-Fi Phishing Threat

Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

Phishers are now attempting to attack Wi-Fi networks.

Original post by SecuMania Staff

China: Online Crime Hotspot

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

A new report reveals 20% of online crime can be traced to China.

Original post by SecuMania Staff

Phishing Trojans On the Rise

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

Figures from an anti-phishing group show increasing sophistication in phishing.

Original post by SecuMania Staff