Phishing Up In 2007

[engine]

Phishing attacks in the US soared in 2007 as £1.6bn was lost to these attacks, according to a survey by Gartner.
The survey found that 3.6 million adults lost money in phishing attacks in the 12 months ending in August 2007, compared with 2.3 million the year before.

And the attacks were more successful in 2007 than they were in the previous two years, the survey found. Of consumers who received phishing emails in 2007, 3.3% said they lost money because of the attack, compared with 2.3% who lost money in 2006, and 2.9% in 2005, according to similar Gartner surveys during those years.

Phishing Up In 2007 [computerworlduk.com]

It is always worth mentioning this to your friends and relatives, reminding them to be cautious.

[lawman]

Free legal advice isn't worth the paper it's written on.

[incrediBILL]

Free legal advice isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Some of the paid legal advice isn't much better but that's a whole new thread.

[lawman]

I was trying to be nice. I suppose I should have said that those who make such blanket statements as Use small claims for up to $5k, it's less than $100 and the bank can't send a lawyer either. Best part is if they don't show up you win by default should explain that this information might or might not be the law in any given jurisdiction.

Anyone who relies on that info in my jurisdiction might be in for quite a surprise when a lawyer for the bank shows up.

[incrediBILL]

Anyone who relies on that info in my jurisdiction might be in for quite a surprise when a lawyer for the bank shows up.

OOPS!

Sorry, I tend to forget that because the 2 states I've lived in have almost identical small claims rules and I know that's not the case for everyone which is why I normally preface such remarks with "In the State of CA..." and I forgot.

I don't see clarification as being rude, thanks for pointing out that overlooked tidbit as I don't like to mislead people.

[incrediBILL]

Someone posted toward the top questioning what spam and phishing had to do with each other to which Gadi Evron, a security guru addressed in his recent article on ZDNET:

While these illegal activities fuel spam, spam fuels illegal activities such as phishing and fraud to name just two, which, in turn, fuel the original illegal activities fuelling spam. It’s a cycle.

See the full article on ZDNET. [blogs.zdnet.com]

Which was the point I was trying to make, just better stated.