Phishing Attacks Jump 42 Percent

from December to January, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group

[pendanticist]

[internetnews.com...]

There were 12,845 new, unique phishing e-mails reported to the APWG last month. And the number of phishing Web sites supporting these messages reached 2,560, up 47 percent from 1,740.

The types of attacks are also expanding, with miscreants looking beyond "Port 80" HTTP-based attacks. Port 80 is the default port for the HTTP Web protocol. In January, nearly 10 percent of phishing sites were hosted on non-Port 80 HTTP servers in an apparent attempt to evade detection.

[pendanticist]

[scmagazine.com...]

Looks like Opera is stepping up.

The Opera browser, currently the third most popular web browser is beefing up its security with new anti-phishing additions to its software. The Opera 8 browser will present users with detailed security information on whichever site is being viewed.

[pendanticist]

Hi Pendanticist, :)

Have you had a look at this, yet?

[informationweek.com...]

Some Senator is introducing a bill that will carry sanctions of five years if convicted for phishing.

'Bout time, don't you think?

[pendanticist]

Sure is pen. :P

[news.com.com...]

Check that out. Seems "eBay is fighting to repair a software glitch that opens the door to phishing attacks using one of its own legitimate URLs."

Go figure. When will the madness end? <-Rhetorical Question.

[lawman]

Pity posts. :)

[pendanticist]

You mean the poor, uneducated slobs who actually get duped by these sites?

<No pen. He means YOU!>

Gasp! Say it ain't so. :)