Thursday, November 11, 2004

Police Arrest Phishing Mob Suspect

A suspected Russian gangster and phishing scam operator, caught with $200,000 in stolen goods and $15,000 cash, has been charged on several counts of identity fraud and credit card fraud.
CNET Article

Thursday, November 04, 2004

New Phishing Technique runs when message is viewed

Opening the wrong E-mail may soon be enough to empty your bank account. In an effort to woo security-conscious computer users, "phishers" have come up with a new technique to harvest online banking details without requiring users to click on a Web link and enter personal information on a submission form.
InformationWeek Article

Spammer gets 9 Years

A brother and sister were convicted yesterday of three felony charges of sending thousands of junk e-mails through servers located in Virginia
ComputerWorld Article