Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Fri Mar 16, 2012

It can be tough spotting a phisher's bait Los Angeles Times It's also becoming more difficult to spot phishing emails as frauds. Case in point: the email that John Lajeuness and other AT&T customers received the other day informing them that their latest bill is ready. "It sure looks legitimate," Lajeuness, 65, ...

Pinterest Is a Perfect Spot for Phishing TechNewsDaily Online scammers are always looking for fertile ground for their money-making and identity-theft schemes, and they've hit the jackpot with Pinterest. What does all this hype and adulation add up to? A hotbed of phishing pages, survey scams and other ...

How to Stop Call Center Fraud GovInfoSecurity.com Credit Eligible While many banks and credit unions have invested in technology to thwart phishing attacks and online fraud, some have ignored the call center. As a result, fraudsters have redirected their aim. To address the threat posed by these ...

4 Tax Scams to Watch Out For U.S. News & World Report (blog) Phishing is a scam typically carried out with unsolicited email or a fake website that poses as a legitimate site to lure in potential victims and prompt them to provide valuable personal and financial information. Armed with this information, ...

Pinterest Scams on the Rise: Protect Yourself [PICS] Mashable The popularity of picture-based service Pinterest also makes it an increased target for scams, according to one online security expert who spoke to Mashable. Pinterest's simple, intuitive interface — fueling its popularity — also makes it an easier ...

OMB: Slowing Federal Cyber Attack Growth Still 5X Greater than Private Sector ExecutiveGov The agency conducted a report in cooperation with the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team and found most of 2011′s cyberattacks where phishing scams. The OMB reports 43889 of the 107665 cyberattacks reported in 2011 were directed toward federal ...

Pinterest Is Fertile Ground for Online Scams CSO These attacks may be new to Pinterest because Pinterest itself is new. But, the concept of survey scams and other phishing attacks is certainly nothing new. The same security practices and common sense that shield users from attacks on Facebook, ...

IRS warns of tax season cyber scams FederalNewsRadio.com One of the newest threats involves a phishing attack. A phony email that appears to be from IRS tells recipients that they will be fined up to $10000 for failing to file their tax return on time. It then directs you to a fake website where scammers and ...

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