Phishing scams and online fraud have created doubt and concern among online shoppers. To regain their trust, site owners need an easy, reliable way to show customers that their transactions are secure and they are who they say they are. Security vendors and Internet browsers have combined forces to establish ...

In your system if you get deceptive spam, including email phishing for your information, forward it to spam@uce.gov. Be sure to include the full Internet header of the email. In many email programs, the full "Internet header" is not automatically included in forwarded email messages, so you may need ...

PayPal tells its users to expect official PayPal emails to contain their names in the body of the email. Phishing emails that include a person's correct name that corresponds to their email address could fool the recipients into believing the email is actually from PayPal. Phishing emails are sent to ...

It has been discovered that do-it-yourself phishing kits are being made available for download free of charge from the internet. Anyone surfing the web can now get their hands on these kits, launch their own phishing attack and potentially defraud computer users of the contents of their bank accounts. These DIY kits ...

Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes use 'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. ...

Evidently the criminals that utilize stolen credit card and ATM numbers for profit are called Cashers. Wired profiles a former Casher, and this is my favorite part: It was his mother who introduced him to the online world of card thieves. In 2002, after completing a stint in drug rehab, ...

Internet Explorer 7 will be a huge win for web security, and Microsoft has announced how they will be distributing it: AU will notify you when IE7 is ready to install. Alternately, you will be able to visit the Windows Update or Microsoft Update sites and obtain IE7 by performing an ...