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[Gizmo & Gadget News] Fake Subpoenas Drive the Latest Phishing Attack: “We’ve gotten a few reports that some CEOs have received what purports to be a federal subpoena via e-mail ordering their testimony in a case. It next asks them to go a link and download the case history and associated data,”

[Phishing 'n' Botnets] CanSecWest 2008 Mar 26-28: w3af: A framework to own the web - Andres Riancho, Cybsec. A Unique Behavioral Science Approach to Threats, Extortion and Internal Computer Investigations - Scott K.

 [multifactor | Security Blog] MultiFactor SecureAuth for Google Apps: Another important component to the SecureAuth®/Google Apps solution is that the enterprise can achieve advanced functionality (SMS Text Messaging, Telephony OTPs and Certificate distribution) all without installing the infrastructure. This is because the server web plug-in that the enterprise deploys has fully functional and secure WSE 3.0 client stubs to MultiFactor’s webservices that provide these secure services.

 [BLOGVASION] Cyberthieves Go Phishing to Rob Banks: Of the top 20 companies targeted by phishing in 2007, the report says, 19 are in the banking industry. Computer users are often tricked into visiting fraudulent sites because of "danger, danger" e-mail subject lines like "account security measures," "important notice" or "(your bank name) security notice."

 [Online Tech Tips] Hydra - More bang with this Browser: Clicking on the Security and Settings tab, then clicking on the large green tool icon will bring up the preferences list for Hydra.  While one can turn the Ad and Pop-up blocking, and the phishing checker, on and off within the tabbed interface, users may want to further explore other options Hydra has to offer.  Included in the options section is the ability to further limit what is downloaded to your computer.  You can go so far as to block background images, sounds, and videos.  A good example of this is an embedded video on a website that the ad blocking tool may not catch.  Activating the Block Background Video would help in this instance by halting the download.

[Joseph Clarke] FTC plans anti-phishing roundtable: Using continuations in implementing web services. What’s Ahead. Sonics snap losing streak, dominates Portland. Data doesn’t need self-awareness. Apple Vc Body Wash. How Do I Ride A Snowmobile? ...

 [Wall Street Weather] Phishing for Banks: Banks are the most vulnerable to internet security threats, according to the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2007 Trend Statistics Survey published last month. Cyberthieves go “phishing” by creating a bogus bank (or other company) .

 [Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0] OpenID Foundation - Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo: connecting it with the Estonian National ID card, older standards like Kerberos, new desktop authentication technologies, one-time-password tokens, and even new markets being formed around phishing resistant web authentication.

 [intevix - Web Information Architects] The Trust Factor on the Web: Credibility 101: Brands such as Apple, IBM, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and British Airways existed prior to the Web and so the brand experience and trust is carried over to the Web. For Web-based businesses, part of the reason for your marketing in traditional mediums and seeking media coverage is gaining trust that you are who you say you are.

[New Digital Computer] News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0: WSJ: Yahoo-Google Deal Advances Popular Mechanics: How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It Larry Dignan: Apple plugs Pwn2Own winning vulnerability Mozilla delivers Firefox update WSJ: Security is No Match for Chocolate and Good Looking Women Nate McFeters: Mark Dowd's null pointer dereference exploit and advanced Flash ActionScript techiques proove definitively: Aliens Do Exist! Targeted spear phishing attacks Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Digging into Psystar Richard Koman: Psystar: Hoax or fraud?

 [Paradise Blog] Scams, Spams, Viruses and Spyware - Protecting Yourself Online: For stand alone email programs using POP email boxes, any good email program will have spam and junk mail filters as well as allow you to set rules for which mail is deleted, flagged or sent in to the Junk Mail folder according to preferences you set. If you still have a problem, you may consider a third party program like MailWasher at mailwasher.net or SingleFin from singlefin.net.

[Johannes Ernst's Blog] If you are at RSA conference this week ...: SAN FRANCISCO (RSA Conference 2008) - April 7, 2008 - Open Source Identity Systems (OSIS) will conduct the largest user-centric identity interoperability test and demonstration at the 2008 RSA Conference, April 7-11 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The 33 member organizations and 24 projects of OSIS will showcase network interoperability between identity providers, card selectors, browsers and Web sites, demonstrating practical uses for user-centric identity technology, including how users can "click-in" to Web sites via self-issued and managed Information Cards and OpenIDs.

 [Micaylas Blog] Identity Theft - Nine Threats & Nine Steps To Protection: Beware of e-mail scams like Phishing and Pharming. Phishing is an e-mail that looks like it came from a bank or business claiming you need to take care of a problem or your account will be closed down.

 [SEO Blog] SEO resources Apr 22: If Google had reported a lousy Q1 last week, would it still have taken the #1 spot? The list–based on financial clout and brand equity–orders the top ten brands as follows: Google GE Microsoft Coca-Cola China Mobile IBM Apple McDonalds Nokia Marlboro Maybe the list was already finalized way before Google’s financial [...]

 [ugeeçš„BLOG] 25 leading-edge IT research projects（1）: Featuring a cartoon fish named Phil, the game, called Anti-Phishing Phil, has been tested in CMU's Privacy and Security Laboratory. Officials with the lab say users who spent 15 minutes playing the interactive, online game were better .

 [rare pattern - thoughts in a blog] For once, I'm wishing more sites were like PayPal: Web payment firm Paypal has said it will block "unsafe browsers" from using its service as part of wider anti-phishing efforts....

 [Hazel Morrison] Georgia Asks UN Help Over Shooting Of Spy Plane By Russia (AHN): HSBC to validate UK websites in face of increased phishing threat. Christmas in Action gearing up for April work day.

[Wordpress 2.5 Test Site] Stop Cyber Terrorism, Secure Your Computer: ”¦ A recent survey commissioned by IBM states that overall user confidence in the Internet is going down as the result of increased phishing and pharming attacks. Phishing (fish?ing) (n.

[Francis Shanahan[.com]] OSIS Interop Media Alert: SAN FRANCISCO (RSA Conference 2008) - April 7, 2008 - Open Source Identity Systems (OSIS) will conduct the largest user-centric identity interoperability test and demonstration at the 2008 RSA Conference, April 7-11 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The 33 member organizations and 24 projects of OSIS will showcase network interoperability between identity providers, card selectors, browsers and Web sites, demonstrating practical uses for user-centric identity technology, including how users can "click-in"

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