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IRS Warns Taxpayers of Phishing-Related Scams

The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers of a rash of identity theft scams where thieves try to steal personal information by promising tax benefits or threatening penalties. The tax agency said taxpayers reported almost 700 attempted incidents of identity theft, or phishing, in May and June alone.

Stimulus Checks Spur Increase In Phishing Scams, IRS Warns

Jul. 11--Seizing on the major fiscal news of the year, a rash of Internet scammers is trying to use federal economic stimulus checks as a hook to steal personal financial information, the Internal Revenue Service warns.

Is There Really a Toolbar to Save Me from Phishing Scams?

Yes, there is a toolbar defense against getting phished. As you perhaps know, a "phishing" scam is a digital con game... where a convincing-looking login page lures you into typing your personal password. Commonly these phishing scams are fake versions of online banking, eBay and PayPal pages. If you are gullible or careless, you are likely to succumb and divulge your password to criminals. That is, unless you have an anti-phishing toolbar to help stop you before you get phished...

SIPC Warns Investors of New Identify Theft 'Phishing' Scheme Involving Phony Request for Confidential Financial Information

SIPC Warns Investors of New Identify Theft 'Phishing' Scheme Involving Phony Request for Confidential Financial Information

IRS Investigates Gold & Art Investments

IRS Investigates Gold & Art Investments (July 27, 2008) The ferocious costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have virtually drained the U.S. Treasury and I learn now that the IRS has been handed its marching papers by the Administration to find and deliver to the aforesaid Treasury, as much money as they can squeeze from delinquent taxpayers.

More Ways to Protect Yourself From Phishing

In my recent Editors' Notes post on Consumer Reports' recommendation that Mac users dump Safari because the Apple browser lacks the anti-phishing tools of Firefox and Opera, I focused on behavioral changes one can make that minimize the risks of phishing attempts. I didn't, however, discuss a relatively simple configuration change you can make to your Mac that will give you a real anti-phishing tool--in Safari or any other browser you might want to use.

TD BankNorth Warns Customers of Phishing Attempt

Less than a month after TD BankNorth customers in New Hampshire were alerted by the bank that their Visa debit or credit cards may have been compromised comes news of a phishing email scam against the bank's customers. The bank, headquartered in Portland, ME, has $119 billion in assets and 1,100 locations on the east coast.

Phishing Scam Targets Apple's MobileMe Users

A recent phishing scam targeting users of Apple Inc.'s .Mac and MobileMe online services has successfully duped hundreds into divulging credit card and other personal information, a security company saidy. According to Dan Clements, the president of CardCops, the identity protection division of California-based Affinion Group Inc., the phishing campaign scammed between 100 and 200 people with mac.com addresses in just one day.

Tech woes: After phishing, it's now SMiShing!

NEW DELHI: Phishing is now spilling over to your mobile phone. The next time you receive an SMS from your mobile operator informing you about a service you have subscribed to and asking you to call a certain number to unsubscribe, beware, it can be a phishing message.

SMS Phishing On the Increase

Cape Town, Jul 03, 2008 (Biz-Community/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX News Network) -- Companies that communicate with their customers using SMS could leave those same customers wide open to phishing, the fraudulent attempt to collect personal or banking details. Companies need to ensure that their customers are made aware of the types of SMS messages they send out, and what, if any, information they might request via the SMS channel to reduce the risk of SMS fraud through phishing attacks.

China forms anti-phishing alliance

In order to tackle phishing activities using CN domain names and to protect online safety, Anti-phishing Alliance of China (APAC) was founded on July 18, 2008. Its founding members include Chinese banks, securities companies, e-commerce companies, CN registry and registrars, as well as scholars. CNNIC, the registry of .CN, was appointed as the secretariat of APAC.

The world of vishing - voice over IP phishing

The Voice over IP phishing scams are getting ever more imaginative. Last year I had to disconnect and ring the operator to break the connection to an overseas premium rate call when I accepted a reversed charges call after hearing a faint voice cry help, before the operator cut in. But a call today made my wife's day.

New Phishing Scam Announced

On Friday, Aug. 22, a new round of phishing scam messages has targeted the University of Arkansas e-mail accounts. These scams claimed to originate from University Police and indicated that the recipient’s account would be closed due to a system error. Further, the message asked users to reply with their e-mail address and password.

HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks

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South Africa: SMS Phishing On the Increase

Companies that communicate with their customers using SMS could leave those same customers wide open to phishing, the fraudulent attempt to collect personal or banking details. Companies need to ensure that their customers are made aware of the types of SMS messages they send out, and what, if any, information they might request via the SMS channel to reduce the risk of SMS fraud through phishing attacks.

Kaiser roundup of health policy-related blog posts

Add our medical news to StumbleUpon - Kaiser roundup of health policy-related blog posts Add our medical news to Facebook - Kaiser roundup of health policy-related blog posts

China police warn citizens to beware Olympic scams

BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in northern China have warned of a series of Olympic-related scams, from people offering mobile phones capable of receiving Games coverage, to others dressing up as officials on fund-raising missions.

SIS protects financial institutions from phishing attacks

Secure Identity Systems, a provider of identity theft protection systems, has announced that its anti-phishing services will help financial institutions gain control of their brand integrity online, while protecting consumers from phishing attacks.

Cyveillance Reports Significant Increase in Phishing Attacks During First Half of 2008

Arlington, VA (PRWEB) July 31, 2008 -- Cyveillance, the world leader in cyber intelligence, today announced that 367 unique brands were first-time victims of targeted phishing attacks during the first half of 2008, representing an 80 percent increase over the second half of 2007. As noted in Cyveillance's upcoming 1H 2008 "Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Report", this increase in phishing attacks on new brands represents close to 20 percent of all new attacks since 2005.

New SQL Injection Attack Fuses Malware, Phishing

PainMeds tips a recent post in Secure Computing's research blog describing a new SQL injection attack that had infected thousands of MSSQL-based web servers by last weekend, turning them into malware delivery systems. The attack apparently rewrites the server's Web pages to include JavaScript which pushes malware to the visitor as if it were from the genuine site. Sites using Sybase might possibly be vulnerable, as it uses the same exploited syntax that MSSQL does. The post includes an example of the attack. Unlike most malware attacks, this one appears to originate from the site the user is actually visiting. From the blog: "'Similar to phishing, this attack takes advantage of the website visitor's trust in the site they are visiting. Instead of phishing for information, however, malware is sent to the client, which the client has a high

Gmail, PayPal and Ebay embrace DomainKeys to fight phishing emails

Brad Taylor, Google’s Gmail Spam Czar, has just posted details on the ongoing cooperation with PayPal and Ebay, two ofSender ID (SIDF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) the most targeted brands in phishing emails, the effect of which is rejecting compared to flagging as spam each and every email pretending to be coming from paypal.com and ebay.com as well as from their international domain extensions. It’s a win-win-win move for users, and the companies themselves which are now digitally signing all of their emails, making phishing emails spoofing their origin easier to detect :

Ocean Tomo's www.PatentBidAsk.com Features Patents Available for Immediate Purchase Related to Art Quality Inkjet Printing on Fabrics, Therapeutic Uses of 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid, and Other Novel Technologies

CHICAGO (Business Wire) -- Ocean Tomo LLC today announced several recent postings and activity on its newest IP transaction marketplace, the Patent/Bid-Ask(TM) platform, or P/B-A(TM) platform (www.PatentBidAsk.com). Two featured Asks, or offers to sell, including a $3.6M Ask for IP related to Inkjet Digital Printing and a $3M Ask for IP related to therapeutic uses of 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid, are available for immediate purchase and represent a small sampling of the quality and diversity of activity recently initiated on P/B-A.

Phishing Attack Uses IRS as a Front

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HMRC warns of phishing tax rebate scam

The scam involves an 'official-looking document asking for bank or credit cards details so that HMRC can make a repayment of overpaid tax. (Example of the document is here - pdf)

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