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InternetNews February 28, 2006 Roy Mark	AOL Takes Phishers to Court Using Virginia's first-in-the-nation anti-phishing law, America Online filed three civil lawsuits today seeking $18 million in damages against unidentified phishers.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	EBay, PayPal Rank High on Phish Lists According to year-end 2005 data from research firm Netcraft, eBay and PayPal were the top phishing targets representing 62 percent of attacks.
PC World February 26, 2007 Robert McMillan	Phishing Sites Explode on the Web Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.
InternetNews June 22, 2010	SIIA Cracks Down on European Software Pirates After years of investigating and prosecuting U.S.-based software pirates, the trade association turns its attention thieves based in Europe.
InternetNews June 22, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	MasterCard Charges Phishers The credit card company does its part to combat phishing phenomenon.
InternetNews July 16, 2004 Chris Nerney	Trolling For Anti-Phishing Laws President Bush just signed legislation to increase penalties against phishing and other identity theft-related cyber crimes.
InternetNews November 9, 2006	Scammers Hooking Bigger Phish Fewer people fell victim to phishing attacks this year than last, but those who did were scammed for far more dough, Gartner says.
InternetNews March 5, 2010	Phishers Targeting More Online Brands The latest survey by the Anti Phishing Working Group shows that organized phishing syndicates are working all the angles to get their hands on the most valuable data.
InternetNews December 8, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phish Fighters Form Alliance Latest digital crime-fighting initiative unites ISPs, software vendors and financial institutions.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Chris Nerney	A Costly Identity Crisis If it seems to you that the phishing/spam problem has gotten worse lately, it (unfortunately) isn't your imagination.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishers Are Getting Together Free 'phishing kits' on the Web are making this scam easier than ever.
InternetNews August 24, 2005 Jim Wagner	MSN Billing Phisher Arrested The FBI arrests an Iowa man they believe responsible for a number of phishing attacks targeting MSN customers.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishing Attacks Jump 26% Phishers and pharmers up attacks, perhaps in response to decreased results.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Rebecca Sausner	Phishing: PayPal Tosses Line To Snarl the Biz Model The saying goes, "If something's not working, try something else." And clearly, when it comes to the financial services and retail industries' response to phishing, something's not working.
Bank Technology News June 1, 2008 Rebecca Sausner	PayPal Wants To Wreck the Biz Model PayPal, and its parent company eBay, have dramatically ramped up their anti-phishing strategy, framing the problem as how best to ruin the phishing fraudster's business model.
InternetNews November 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Can You Spot The Phish Attack? According to data from e-mail security firm MailFrontier, only 4 percent of users can spot a phished e-mail 100 percent of the time.
PC World December 2004 Bob Tedeschi	Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Phishing Attacks Jump 42 Percent An anti-phishing group says scam e-mails that seek users' personal information increased sharply last month. The types of attacks are also expanding. The United States had the most phishing sites, with China and South Korea placing second and third, respectively.
Bank Technology News April 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Goin' Phishing Growing e-mail attacks threaten banks' bottom lines
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code.
U.S. Banker February 2005 Michael Sisk	A Phish Story Phishing attacks (in which thieves send mass e-mails supposedly from reputable businesses) are expected to more than double in 2005, and are spreading to small banks.
InternetNews April 22, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Who's Taking the Bait: 'Phishing' Skyrockets Online security groups say the scamming technique used for identity theft is proliferating as fast as viruses, with attacks up over a thousand percent since September.
Bank Systems & Technology June 17, 2010 Penny Crosman	Bank, Security Groups, Microsoft Launch Fraud Reporting System Broad system for sharing information about fraud incidents is designed to catch and curtail criminal internet activity.
InternetNews June 16, 2004 Clint Boulton	ID Theft Costs Victims $2.4B in One Year New Gartner research says millions are duped by online fraudsters through scams such as phishing.
InternetNews June 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Software Piracy Crackdown Continues Microsoft again went on the offensive with lawsuits against software pirates.
AskMen.com Jasper Anson	How To: Identify Scams Learn to identify scams by taking a look at some of these lesser-known scams -- which are a bit trickier to recognize.
Information Today June 2005 Phillip Britt	No Phishing Allowed Today, the biggest threats for companies and consumers are the new crimes with funny-looking names: phishing, pharming, and spim.
InternetNews November 15, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Our Phishing Filter is Better Than Yours! It took a few months, but Mozilla now has its own study claiming filter superiority.
Searcher October 2007 Paul S. Piper	Phish Pharming: A Newer, More Profitable Aquaculture Detecting e-mail scams.
CIO April 1, 2004 Sarah D. Scalet	Phishing Pollutes E-Mail Stream It's the latest kind of Internet scam, one that's known as "phishing." Users are directed to a website and asked to enter their passwords. When they enter them the scammers capture the passwords for later use.
PC World July 2006 Andrew Brandt	Protect Yourself With an Antiphishing Toolbar These browser plug-ins can help make your surfing safer. Netcraft toolbar... Earthlink toolbar with scamblocker... Corestreet SpoofStick...
InternetNews June 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Cyota Helps EarthLink Bag Phishing Scams EarthLink uses Cyota's technology to tighten its scam-blocking toolbar.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Paul McFedries	Gone Phishin' Microsoft is right to include antiphishing technology in Internet Explorer 7, because clearly we need all the help we can get.
InternetNews July 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Bill Fills Phishing Holes Proposed legislation would criminalize phishing from beginning to end.
Wall Street & Technology July 28, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Gone Phishing In the latest identity-theft scam, fraudulent e-mails trick individuals into coughing up passwords to 'secure' financial data.
InternetNews May 14, 2010	Facebook's Become a Phisher's Playground Facebook has plenty of security problems of its own making to resolve and, in the interim, professional cyber-thieves are exploiting other vulnerabilities.
InternetNews August 25, 2005 Tim Gray	Another Tool For Phishing Fights Microsoft will release an anti-phishing filter for use with IE 6 within the next few weeks.
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Taking 10 More to Task Microsoft continued its litigious streak against alleged software pirates, this time targeting individuals participating in the company's discount software program.
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Sharon Terdeman	The Lookout: Phishing for eBay Users E-mail scams known as phishers continue to evolve.
Wall Street & Technology December 19, 2007 Melanie Rodier	U.S. Banks Are Targets in 60 Percent of Worldwide Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks against global banking brands target U.S. institutions most, according to security solutions provider RSA.
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Clint Boulton	W3C to Workshop Web Security Dissatisfied with the way the current security methods that protect people using the Internet, the World Wide Web Consortium will conduct a two-day workshop to discuss better options.
Bank Systems & Technology August 5, 2004 Thomas Claburn	MasterCard Goes Fishing For Phishers MasterCard will use NameProtect's technology to detect online scams as they unfold and, in conjunction with law-enforcement organizations, shut them down.
InternetNews April 14, 2006 David Miller	Phishing for Tax Scam Victims Federal investigators are warning about the dangers of e-mails claiming to be from the IRS.
InternetNews November 30, 2004 Tim Gray	'Tis Also the Season for Online Security Warnings Security experts have a warning for consumers rushing to save time on the Internet: 'Tis the season to be extra careful shopping online. Here are some tips to avoid phishing scams.
InternetNews April 20, 2005 Tim Gray	AOL, Cyota Join Forces to Fight Phishing AOL will use the service to protect users by identifying and blocking sites posing as legitimate businesses.
InternetNews July 21, 2006 Brian Livingston	Phishing Filter Prevents E-Mail Identity Theft Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a way to almost entirely detect and filter out phishing e-mails.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft Attempts Phishing Slowdown Microsoft releases new add-ins to its MSN Search Toolbar including an anti-phishing tool to detect websites set up to scam users out of their personal information.
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Brian Krebs	It's 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Global identity thieves may know their way around your computer better than you do. Learn how to protect yourself in the scary new world of zombies, RATs, Trojan horses and evil twins.
InternetNews December 6, 2004 Tim Gray	Phishing Grows with Holiday Shopping Spike Attacks jumped 80 percent in November and now target the workplace.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Do Online Banks Facilitate Fraud? A new phishing scam involving SunTrust presages trouble for online bankers.