Also Try Identity Theft Your Credit Rating Papers Anti-Phishing (Antiphishing.org) "Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes use 'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. Hijacking brand names of banks, e-retailers and credit card companies, phishers often convince recipients to respond. Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials directly, often using Trojan keylogger spyware. Pharming crimeware misdirects users to fraudulent sites or proxy servers, typically through DNS hijacking or poisoning." 7-05. Anti-Phishing Browser Bar (Spoofstick.com) "SpoofStick is a simple browser extension that helps users detect spoofed (fake) websites. A spoofed website is typically made to look like a well known, branded site (like ebay.com or citibank.com) with a slightly different or confusing URL. The attacker then tries to trick people into going to the spoofed site by sending out fake email messages or posting links in public places - hoping that some percentage of users won't notice the incorrect URL and give away important information. This practice is sometimes known as 'phishing'." "SpoofStick makes it easier to spot a spoofed website by prominently displaying only the most relevant domain information. It's not a comprehensive solution, but it's a good start." 7-05. Phishing Definition (Webopedia.com) "The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft." 7-05. Phishing Prevention (MSN MoneyCentral) "There's a new twist on 'phishing' scams: 'pharming.' You type in a legitimate Web address but get directed to a bogus site that steals your data." "To determine if you're at the real site, click on the lock symbol and make sure it displays the address you expect, says Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer of F-Secure, an Internet security company in Helsinki, Finland." 11-05. Phishing Prevention (Wikipedia.org) Describes software that is designed to prevent phishing. 7-05.

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