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Surfers urged to take Phishing IQ Test

Surfers urged to take Phishing IQ Test 03/30/2005 08:33 PM

PayPal Phishers Nibble; MailFrontier
Blocks

PayPal Phishers Nibble; MailFrontier
Blocks 11/20/2003 12:43 AM
Boston.Internet.com Nov 20 2003 0:04AM ET

MailFrontier Presenting at 2005 Spam
Conference

MailFrontier Presenting at 2005 Spam
Conference 02/01/2005 09:05 PM
Market Wire Jan 20 2005 1:56PM GMT

Anti-Phishing Toolbar Available. How to
Avoid Bank and Ebay Phishing Scams

Anti-Phishing Toolbar Available. How to
Avoid Bank and Ebay Phishing Scams 12/30/2004 07:54 PM
Tech-Recipes Dec 30 2004 11:09PM GMT

Don't Test Users, Test Hypotheses

Don't Test Users, Test Hypotheses 10/29/2003 09:10 AM

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Embedded Systems
Test Support for ADI Engineering Coyote
Gateway Reference Platform; Kozio test
suite supports design based on the
Intel® IXP425TM network processor

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Embedded Systems
Test Support for ADI Engineering Coyote
Gateway Reference Platform; Kozio test
suite supports design based on the
Intel® IXP425TM network processor 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
Kozio, Inc., a developer of embedded systems software, has introduced a new test suite developed in cooperation with ADI Engineering that supports ADI's Coyote gateway reference design based on the Intel® IXP425TM network processor. All three Kozio products– Kozio kMfgTestTM, Kozio kPOSTTM and Kozio kDiagnosticsTM – support this richly featured, production-ready gateway reference design. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

Stress Testing: Using Modular Stress
Test to Test Platforms and Components

Stress Testing: Using Modular Stress
Test to Test Platforms and Components 12/18/2003 12:58 AM
Modular Stress is a flexible system that performs several different types of stress testing. It is based on a set of test modules that each target individual features or components in a platform. The CETK includes a number of operating system (OS) stress modules that target major system components (for example, GWES, FileSys, Kernel, and so on). In addition, the user can create custom modules to target other platform components. The Modular Stress Test harness controls how these tests are run, that is, the sort of test environment that is desired, and collects data on system health throughout the course of a stress run.

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them 03/13/2003 10:26 AM

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Two New Products;
Colorado embedded systems software
developer saves customers time, money
with ready-to-run manufacturing test and
self-test software for shipping products

Kozio, Inc. Introduces Two New Products;
Colorado embedded systems software
developer saves customers time, money
with ready-to-run manufacturing test and
self-test software for shipping products 07/12/2004 02:14 AM
Kozio, Inc., a developer of embedded systems software, has introduced two new products that provide end-of-production-line manufacturing test and power-on-self-diagnostic test capabilities for manufactured products that use embedded single-board computer systems. [PRWEB Jul 12, 2004]

Phishing for the end

Phishing for the end 08/17/2004 04:56 PM
"This site was created with one goal; to create the most comprehensive online archive of information and digital photos of the Coventry Vermont Phish show, August 14th and 15th 2004." Seems odd to think folks went to the trouble of dedicating an entire website to just a single concert, until you learn it was the very last one for Phish.

Gone Phishing

Gone Phishing 01/25/2004 09:50 PM

Crash Test Videos - View Crash Test
Videos for Cars, Trucks and SUVs -
Insurance Resource Center

Crash Test Videos - View Crash Test
Videos for Cars, Trucks and SUVs -
Insurance Resource Center 04/02/2005 07:32 AM
See how your car would fare in a crash .. Various Test Crashes .. Crash Test Videos .. Progressive

progressive.com/RC/VSafety/rc_crash_videos.asp
track this site | 2 links

eBay Goes Phishing

eBay Goes Phishing 01/03/2005 12:35 PM
The popular online auction site rolls out a new approach in tackling account hackers: cut bait.

Phishing and Bouncing

Phishing and Bouncing 09/12/2004 12:36 PM

Looks like the trick of using redirection CGIs at popular website (described in Phishing with Google) is getting popular among phishers. I just got a couple that uses AOL's redir-complex CGI at:

http://r.aol.com/cgi/redir-complex?url=whereever

Note that phishers can use not just the redirecting CGIs, but also those CGIs that use return URL as parameters.  In fact, these types of CGIs are popular among financial institutions and single-sign on services.  For example, both Passport and 3D-Secure uses them.

IE bug provides phishing tool

IE bug provides phishing tool 12/10/2003 05:50 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 10 2003 5:09AM ET

Phishing on the rise in U.S

Phishing on the rise in U.S 06/15/2004 02:57 PM
ZDNet Jun 15 2004 5:56PM GMT

War Against Phishing Continues

War Against Phishing Continues 03/14/2005 04:32 PM
Phishers and other online scammers are well ahead of law enforcement officials and security experts right now in terms of techniques and tactics.

Do-it-yourself phishing kits appear on
web

Do-it-yourself phishing kits appear on
web 08/21/2004 04:39 PM
Personal Computer World Aug 21 2004 8:48PM GMT

Political Phishing

Political Phishing 08/03/2004 12:32 PM
It's election season, and that means that, just like with all the other news-sensitive scams, phishers are getting political. The latest is a phishing email that simply copied a donation request from the John Kerry campaign, but changed the link to a fake site. Of course, the folks behind the scam made one very stupid mistake: remotely using an image hosted on the Kerry website -- which was quickly changed by the campaign to explain that the site was a scam (though, it's likely this confused some people -- hopefully enough to stop them from donating). Still, it's likely that the next version won't make the same mistake. With the success phishing emails have had lately, and the fervor with which people seem to be donating to campaigns, an awful lot of cash supposedly going to campaigns is going to be making criminals wealthy.

DIY phishing kits hit the Net

DIY phishing kits hit the Net 08/19/2004 05:48 AM
My little fraudster

Phishing behind Google

Phishing behind Google 08/28/2004 01:03 AM

I just received a phishing email purporting to be from PayPal.  No surprise there since I get many of them everyday, but I looked closer at this one because it looked very professionally done.  I looked at the raw message and found this odd link:

This particular phisher is bouncing off Google to hide itself from domain name-based phishing detectors and scanners.  Clever.  Clicking on the link will open a browser to Google's URL search CGI which will automatically redirect the browser to the phishing site at IP address 209.152.181.10.  This trick will bypass phishing detectors that examines only the domain name part of a URL to see if it looks suspicious.

So the lesson here for security developers is to look at all the parameters and to keep track of oh-so-helpful redirectors like Google.  Also, website developers should keep in mind that helpful service is helpful to all, including the bad guys, and they might become an unwitting partner in crime.  For lawyers, it's a new source of income concern.

Phishing for Opera (GM#007-OP)

Phishing for Opera (GM#007-OP) 06/03/2004 12:03 PM
GreyMagic Software (Jun 03 2004)

The future of phishing

The future of phishing 04/29/2004 10:42 AM
vnunet.com Apr 29 2004 2:09PM GMT

Thunderbird Will Have New Phishing Tool

Thunderbird Will Have New Phishing Tool 03/23/2005 05:18 PM

The Mozilla email client, Thunderbird will have scam detection capabilities. We all have seen phishing emails that try to have you click on a link that sends you to a bogus website rather then the website you thought you were going to. They try to get your usernames and passwords from you. If Thunderbird thinks an email message is a possible scam message - it will notify the user with a visual queue. Similar to spam tools, it will also have a "not a scam" button to denote safe messages - for example notifications of online statements from banks or stock institutions.

According to the open-source blog,  Among its features, Thunderbird will reconcile the hostname shown in an href's display link and the underlying destination URL -- which is one of the primary methods for 'phishing' people into visiting sites that aren't as they appear.There is a final warning dialog if a user proceeds and clicks a link, and gives one last chance to cancel.

 

Spams, Phishing, and Trojans

Spams, Phishing, and Trojans 05/05/2004 02:36 AM

This Netcraft article titled Phisher Kings compares growth of phishing with that of spamming (via Paymen ts News).  It's not surprising to me since I think phishers who rely mostly on social engineering used to be spammers.  However, phishers using trojans, like the one described in this Code Fish Spam Watch article, are not.  They are hackers using e-mail to find their victims.

Using trojans to harvest passwords and credit card numbers is, fortunately, not as deadly as it might seem at first glance.  Why?  Because trojans require more technical knowledge, higher cost of maintenance, and higher cost of labor necessary to mine the returned data.  It's all glory and little in return.

In comparison, phishers with spamming background tend to focus on what really matters, the ROI numbers.  Instead of wasting days and weeks to write and finetune trojans, they use a web page editor to create their lures and receive their loots in ready to use form.

There is a more dangerous group of potential phishers we need to keep an eye out for: telemarketers.  While most spammers operate blindly, telemarketers leverage information to choose and attack their victims more intelligently.  Phishers with telemarketing background are more likely to be spear-phishers, phishers who target rich victims with tailored attacks.

When they come for you, they will know your name, where you live, what finanicial services you are using, and more.

Phishing Scams Gets Savvier

Phishing Scams Gets Savvier 05/02/2004 04:48 PM
Cyber-criminals and scam artists are taking phishing e-mail scams to the next level.

Adam Stiles Goes Phishing

Adam Stiles Goes Phishing 03/19/2005 03:11 AM

NetCaptor's Adam Stiles has been on a phishing trip.

Reports of phishing attacks up, again,
in May

Reports of phishing attacks up, again,
in May 06/24/2004 01:10 PM
BOSTON - Incidents of phishing, a type of online identity theft, were up slightly in May, after surging in March and April, according to a report from an industry group.

Congress, Vendors Put Phishing Under the
Gun

Congress, Vendors Put Phishing Under the
Gun 06/28/2004 06:45 AM
VeriSign's new service aims to help protect against "phishing" expeditions.

Police net 12 phishing suspects

Police net 12 phishing suspects 05/05/2004 11:07 AM
vnunet.com May 5 2004 2:56PM GMT

Re: New whitepaper "The Phishing Guide"

Re: New whitepaper "The Phishing Guide" 09/23/2004 03:11 PM
Aleksandar Milivojevic (Sep 23 2004)

Phishing Gang Arrested In The UK

Phishing Gang Arrested In The UK 05/05/2004 02:14 PM
Over in the UK, they've arrested 12 people involved in a big phishing scam. Unlike previou s arrests that found individuals who did a bad job of phishing, this one actually appears to be a roundup of those involved with an organized crime group. Of course, the downside is that those arrested are most likely low level operatives in the scam - which probably operates out of eastern Europe. All of those arrested were eastern European natives living in the UK, and were mostly used to set up local bank accounts to store the money they stole via the phishing scams. While this may eventually lead back to those responsible, what's more likely is that they'll just recruit a new batch of low level scammers and the phishing scams will just keep going.

New IE flaw allows easier phishing

New IE flaw allows easier phishing 12/30/2003 01:38 AM

Gartner: Phishing on the rise in U.S.

Gartner: Phishing on the rise in U.S. 06/15/2004 11:29 AM
Nearly 2 million people say their checking accounts were breached during the last year, the company says.

Phishing on rise: Study

Phishing on rise: Study 06/15/2004 04:42 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 15 2004 9:27PM GMT

Phishing pool widens

Phishing pool widens 03/29/2005 04:43 PM
USA Today Mar 29 2005 8:12PM GMT

Phishing attacks rise in U.S

Phishing attacks rise in U.S 05/06/2004 04:04 PM
ZDNet May 6 2004 7:21PM GMT

Phishing Dips into Yahoo IM

Phishing Dips into Yahoo IM 03/25/2005 09:19 PM
eWeek Mar 26 2005 1:33AM GMT

No relief from Microsoft phishing bug

No relief from Microsoft phishing bug 01/16/2004 10:57 AM

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