TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHISHING»
The term «phishing» is quite widely used and occupies the
25.696 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHISHING»
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phishing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
phishing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing ...
The authors subsequently deliberate on what action the government can take to respond to this situation and compare adequate versus inadequate countermeasures. "This book is the encyclopedia of phishing.
Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, 2006
This is the book to provide the intelligence necessary to stay one step ahead of the enemy, and to successfully employ a pro-active and confident strategy against the evolving attacks against e-commerce and its customers. * Unveils the ...
3
Phishing: Cutting the Identity Theft Line
Written by a phishing security expert at a top financial institution, this unique book helps IT professionals respond to phishing incidents.
Rachael Lininger, Russell Dean Vines, 2005
4
Examining the Effectiveness and Techniques of the ...
This browser does not have any anti-phishing technology built-in. 27% use
Internet Explorer 7.0, and 12% use Mozilla Firefox 2.0. Both offer anti-phishing
technology. Table 1 shows Web browser popularity as of July 2007. In summary,
more ...
example, a hacker who has planted zombie programs on a large number of
computers (thus creating a zombie farm) might sell the right to use the zombie
farm to an organized crime association that wants to launch a phishing attack (
when a ...
The phishing incident response plan this bank developed was necessary for
business reasons, but it was a regulatory requirement as well. * The Treasury
Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a bulletin in July
that ...
7
Information Systems Security: Third International ...
A Zero Knowledge Password Proof Mutual Authentication Technique Against
Real-Time Phishing Attacks Mohsen Sharifi, Alireza Saberi, Mojtaba Vahidi, and
Mohammad Zorufi Computer Engineering Department, Iran University of Science
...
Patrick McDaniel, Shyam K. Gupta, 2007
8
Consumer Protection Law Developments
of criminal statutes prohibiting identity theft, bank fraud, and computer fraud, as
well as e-mail fraud provisions under CAN-SPAM.291 (3) State Anti-Phishing
Statutes At least 14 states have enacted anti-phishing acts292 or expressly
targeted ...
9
Phishing for Answers: Exploring the Factors that Influence a ...
Identity theft is becoming a popular crime against consumers and phishing (the sending of a fraudulent email appearing to look legitimate in an attempt to convince the recipient to provide personal information) is a popular method to steal ...
10
Information Security and Cryptology: 5th International ...
Phish-and-fetch (PF). strategy: In a phish-and-fetch strategy the robot waits until
someone visits the phishing page, then immediately gets a CAPTCHA, and
sends this temporarily retrieved image to the fool. PF strategy overcomes the
defect of ...
Feng Bao, Moti Yung, Dongdai Lin, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHISHING»
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phishing is used in the context of the following news items.
Army flagged OPM breach notice as phishing attempt
Army officials wrongly flagged an email designed to help those affected by a recent data breach as a phishing attempt, one they initially said ... «ArmyTimes.com, Jul 15»
LinkedIn ices over bountiful executive phishing spot
Kaspersky researcher Ido Naor says LinkedIn users could be phished thanks to vulnerabilities in its notification system. The since-patched ... «The Register, Jul 15»
Spam, phishing and mass CC are productivity killers
Almost a quarter (22 per cent) pointed to phishing emails as a major business problem, and a further 17 per cent cited the growth of ... «ITProPortal, Jul 15»
Scammers phishing for info
The scam begins with a cold-call, email or letter fraudulently claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. You are asked to verify your ... «Castanet.net, Jul 15»
HMRC Phishing – Are they sorting it out?
Additionally, Nick Lodge, Director General of Benefits and Credits at HMRC, had the following to say: “We have cracked down on phishing ... «Check & Secure, Jul 15»
Mobile Payments Surge = New Era of Phishing Attacks
The mobile payments industry continues to surge in volume - there is a risk that it will spark a new wave of phishing attacks suggests one ... «The C Suite, Jul 15»
Beware of phishing scams
Police have received several complaints of various 'phishing' scams recently and are warning the public to take a few precautions in order to ... «Kelowna Capital News, Jul 15»
Cyber War: Sex, Fingerprints and Spear-Phishing
That, in turn, opens the door to “spear phishing” - sending an e mail that appears to be from a known individual or business. When the recipient ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
Belgian government phishing test goes off-track
Belgium's Flemish regional government sent a mock phishing email to about 20,000 of its employees to see how they would react. SLAPPED! «Network World, Jul 15»
Federal job seekers targeted in USAJobs phishing scam
USAJobs, the federal government's web portal for job postings, is warning users of a phishing scam targeting its applicants. According to an ... «Federal Times, Jul 15»
