[pchelpers] Re: News: Scammers Infiltrate Anti-phishing Weapon

From: Scott McNay <wizard@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Ekhart GEORGI (last name last)" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:37:17 -0600

Hi Ekhart,

Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 4:33:17 AM, you wrote:

EGlnl> In a week that saw analysts declare a 500 percent increase
EGlnl> in global phishing activity over the previous quarter,
EGlnl> experts are warning of new attacks that not only circumvent
EGlnl> the fledgling DomainKeys system but also use the technology
EGlnl> to their advantage.
EGlnl> http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-226517-149598-0-0-0-1

This article also mentions phishing scams which point to a bank's own
web site.  The banks must be sweating bullets about their security...

-- 
Scott.


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[pchelpers] News: Scammers Infiltrate Anti-phishing Weapon
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