Posts Tagged Phish
RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on the changes in Phishing tactics
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 13/05/2013
Phishing still stands as the top online threat impacting both consumers and the businesses that serve them online. In 2012, there was an average of over 37,000 phishing attacks each month identified by RSA. The impact of phishing on the global economy has been quite significant: RSA estimates that worldwide losses from phishing attacks cost […]
RSA’s July Online Fraud Report 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/07/2012
In their July Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. Phishing attacks continue to increase around the world. In the first half of 2012, the RSA Anti-Fraud Command Center identified 195,487 unique phishing attacks, an increase of 19% as compared to the second half of 2011. Global fraud losses […]
RSA’s June Online Fraud Report 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 20/06/2012
In their June Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. RSA researchers have been following Ransomware campaigns and Ransomware Trojan attack waves and have recently analyzed a new variant that holds infected PCs hostage until their owners make a €100 payment to the botmaster. Ransomware is the type of malware that can infect a […]
RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 04/05/2012
In their April Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. As well as the usual interesting statistics on fraudulent activity this report sheds light on the changes to the Citadel Trojan. Citadel Trojan hooks system processes to isolate bots from AV and security. The Citadel Trojan was first introduced […]
RSA’s March Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 26/03/2012
In their March Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. As well as the usual interesting statistics on fraudulent activity this report sheds light on the changes to the Zeus and Citadel Trojans as cybercriminals “migrating” from one Trojan botnet to another. FraudAction Research Lab has recently analyzed a Zeus 2.1.0.1 variant downloading […]
RSA’s January 2012 Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/01/2012
Below is a summary of RSA’s Jnauary 2012 Online Fraud Report:- PHISHING IS A NUMBERS GAME In 2011, approximately one in every 300 emails circulating the web was deemed to contain elements pointing to phishing. Most phishing content targeted the public sector, which was followed by the SME business sector. Compared with the total numbers of phishing […]
RSA’s November Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 07/12/2011
Below is a summary of RSA’s November Online Fraud Report:- The humble beginnings of phishing The term ‘phishing’ was coined in 1996 by hackers who managed to steal America Online (AOL) accounts by coaxing username and passwords from unsuspecting users. At the time, hacked accounts were dubbed ‘phish’; within a year, ‘phish’ was actively being traded between […]
RSA’S October Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/11/2011
Below is a summary of RSA’s October Online Fraud Report. October was Cyber Security Awareness Month. A public relations effort made by several US-based government bodies to increase security-literacy across the tiers that make up our digital society. By encouraging each and every Internet user to “Stop, Think, Connect,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the […]
RSA’s September Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/11/2011
At bit of a catch up on the excellent RSA Fraud Reports. The results from their September report are below. At the bottom of the post is the August Report Summary link. Phishing Attacks per Month The number of phishing attacks identified by RSA in August increased by 7%, setting a new all-time high of 26,907 attacks. […]
Test your IT Security and ID Theft Knowledge
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 18/09/2011
Image via Wikipedia Preparation is often the best way of ensuring you have the right protection. The Consumer Federation of America have worked to put together some excellent quizzes that will help you understand the potential impact of an Identity Theft and several IT Security threats and risks. Test your Identity Theft knowledge by participating in any […]
RSA’s June Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 13/07/2011
Below is a summary of RSA Security’s June 2011 Fraud Report. RSA recently analyzed one local pharming Trojan which they found to be a highly sophisticated piece of malware that goes as far as installing a driver to achieve its intended goal of stealing information. This is the first local pharming Trojan observed by RSA to even have a driver. […]
Phishing – the UK banking losses
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 26/04/2011
In March 2011 the UK Card Association reported that Online banking fraud losses totalled £46.7 million in 2010. This represented a 22 per cent fall on the 2009 figure. The factors contributing to this fall include Customers better protecting their own computers with up-to-date anti-virus software Banks’ use of sophisticated fraud detection software. This decrease […]
Fraud Intelligence Report – First Quarter 2011
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 26/04/2011
MarkMonitor, a global leader in enterprise brand protection, offers comprehensive solutions and services that safeguard brands, reputation and revenue from online risks. MarkMonitor produce a Fraud Intelligence Report on a quarterly basis and the report for the first quarter of 2011 is now available. The headline findings are: Phishing Attacks Reversed Decline Phish attack volume […]
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