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InternetNews February 17, 2009 Sean Gallagher	Social Networks a Magnet for Malware Just like the crooks robbed the banks because that's where the money is, malware will go where the people are.
InternetNews November 7, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Salesforce.com Scrambles To Halt Phishing Attacks Another example of why humans - not technology - are the weakest link in security.
PC Magazine March 16, 2004 Leon Erlanger	The Weakest Link Even the best-protected networks are vulnerable if employees unwittingly divulge sensitive information.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Brian Grow	The Mind Games Cybercrooks Play Hackers are exploiting psychological vulnerabilities to gain access to your data.
InternetNews June 2, 2011	Google Blames China for Gmail Hack According to Google, their security systems discovered a phishing campaign that had targeted Gmail in an effort to obtain user passwords.
PC World November 20, 2006 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Phishers Put Their Lures on Cell Phones Phishing scammers have begun sending deceptive short message service (SMS) messages to people's mobile sets.
PC World November 2005 Erik Larkin	Threat Alert: Spear Phishing Targeted e-mail attacks try to lure you in with specific, convincing messages.
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.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Robert Lemos	Hacking for Dollars Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today's PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.
Wall Street & Technology April 14, 2006	New Phishing Twists Online financial criminals have advanced their phishing techniques, according to RSA Security, which uncovered a new type of attack that it has dubbed a Smart Redirection Attack.
InternetNews January 5, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Phishers Hit Twitter Users Obama, Britney Spears and Bill O'Reilly among reported victims of phony Twitter messages that also included an iPhone scam.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Online Trust: A Thing of the Past? Malware attacks are turning the Web upside down, and complicating the efforts of security vendors and users to cope with the threats.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Tim Scannell	Jamie de Guerre, Director, Partner Programs, Cloudmark Spam isn't going anywhere, and Jamie de Guerre's company is tracking its trails through our inboxes.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Browser-Based Attacks on the Rise Browser-based attacks such as pharming and phishing scams are now the fastest-growing security threat on the Internet.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phishers Are Getting Together Free 'phishing kits' on the Web are making this scam easier than ever.
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 May 13, 2010	APWG Fingers 'Avalanche' Phishing Syndicate The Anti-Phishing Working Group says one highly sophisticated and well-organized group of cyber thieves was responsible for a huge spike in phishing attacks late last year.
InternetNews February 3, 2011	Hackers Use Facebook Mania to Spread Malware Facebook is a magnet for security threats and hackers are capitalizing on users' addiction to the social networking site to do even more damage.
CIO March 17, 2010 Robert McMillan	Forensics Tools Help Companies Investigate Intrusions Remotely For global companies, forensics applications provide another weapon in the security arsenal.
InternetNews October 27, 2010	Malware Scams Pick Up In Retail Sector Targeted attacks are becoming more and more common as hackers seek out specific individuals or groups to steal proprietary information.
InternetNews February 9, 2010	McAfee Finds Spike In Malware From China A new study by security software vendor McAfee finds a growing number of cyber attacks originating in China and predicts even more malware scams will target fans of popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Symantec's Latest: Customized Threat Protection Symantec announced a custom threat analysis and protection service through its Global Services Security Response unit. Managed Threat Analysis, is designed to help companies facing more targeted attacks from criminals looking to steal intellectual property.
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson	Defense Department Partners With Industry To Stem Staggering Cybertheft Losses The amount of intellectual property hackers are stealing from U.S. companies and sending to China is said to be staggering. The private sector's crown jewels are being moved off nominally secure networks and transmitted to the Asian nation every day: usually from 9 to 5 -- Beijing time.
InternetNews May 6, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	The Cost of Phishing Hits $1.2 Billion The wider impact to the enterprise is an erosion of consumer trust, a new Gartner research study suggests.
InternetNews December 6, 2004 Tim Gray	Phishing Grows with Holiday Shopping Spike Attacks jumped 80 percent in November and now target the workplace.
InternetNews January 21, 2011	Phishing Scam Preys On McDonald's Customers A new phishing scam targeting McDonald's customers attempts to elicit credit card and other personal information for identity theft.
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.
PC Magazine April 5, 2006 Robert Lemos	This Man Has a Virus Security software can do little about the most dangerous delivery mechanism of all: the user.
InternetNews February 25, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Online Trust Takes a Hit in Gmail Chat Phishing Security experts are warning that a phishing attack on Google's Gmail's chat feature not only poses a danger to users, but could be a harbinger of things to come.
InternetNews January 24, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	IBM: Users Are The Weak Link in Security IBM is warning in a new report that, though widespread virus outbreaks are on the decline, on the whole online attacks are expected to rise in 2006. The culprit? Highly targeted attacks that rely on naive users to help perpetrate cybercrimes.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2007 Brad Kenney	From ID To IP Theft Manufacturing companies have tended to lag behind the financial, health care and energy industries in the area of information security, even though manufacturers clearly have a lot to lose.
InternetNews November 23, 2009	IBM Outlines Top Security Trends for 2010 IBM's X-Force security team sees cyber crooks getting social and heading for the clouds.
Search Engine Watch June 5, 2010 Johnny Widerlund	Avoiding Online Risks Kicking Off with the 2010 FIFA World Cup Cyber criminals will continue hijacking current news and events to serve malware. A rundown of the most prevalent online security risks, and how to avoid them.
InternetNews May 21, 2009 Alex Goldman	Phishers Strike Facebook in Latest Assault Facebook is fighting back against the most recent attack.
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Robert Lemos	Caught by Phish Falling prey to online identity theft takes only a few minutes, but the cost can be high.
Bank Systems & Technology September 15, 2007 Sharon Gaudin	Number Of Hackers Attacking Banks Jumps 81% Hackers no longer need to be technical wizards to set up an operation to steal people's banking information and then rob their accounts.
InternetNews August 18, 2010	Facebook Kit Makes Hacking Logins Easy Security software vendor BitDefender says it's found a new malware kit that lets hackers easily access logins and passwords for Facebook and other unsecured credentials.
InternetNews July 19, 2010	Zscaler Leverages the Cloud for Email Security The Zscaler cloud-based security suite now includes real-time filtering to block spam and phishing attacks.
InternetNews October 29, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Facebook Worm Redux Taps Google Sites Once again, social networking site Facebook has been hit by the Koobface worm, which has been used to attack it several times since July.
InternetNews April 9, 2010	Phishers Rev Up IRS Scams for Tax Time With tax season in full swing, online scammers are blanketing the Internet with polished messages posing as the IRS trying to entice users to click on a link that could expose their personal information.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Joel Schectman	Computer Hacking Made Easy Botnet attacks like the one that took down Twitter are becoming so easy and cheap, almost anyone can do it.
InternetNews April 16, 2009 Alex Goldman	Security Lapses Aplenty Despite Growing Threats A study by Verizon Business's RISK team reveals some disconcerting shortcomings in companies' security.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	Internet Never More Dangerous: Study Report finds a 585 percent spike in fake anti-malware and security software programs in the first half of 2009.
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.
Information Today February 4, 2013 Paula J. Hane	A Cyber War Is Brewing A cyberwar has been brewing and although you might view this battle as governments going head to head in a shadow fight, experts say the battleground is shifting from government entities to the private sector, to civilian targets that provide many essential services to U.S. citizens.
Popular Mechanics April 17, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Hack Attack on Tibet Groups Could Hint at China's Anti-U.S. Tactic As Buddhist monks in exile mourn fellow Tibetans killed in the recent conflict with China, U.S.-based nonprofit organizations are facing spam attacks, fake smear campaigns and other threats to digital privacy.
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 October 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Cyber Criminals Turn to Home Users Phishing and spam are on a dramatic rise as home users become the prime targets of online criminals. Attacks are up 81 percent over the last six months and spam jumped 50 percent over the same period.