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Drive-by pharming simplifies identity theft
The first real-world occurrence of drive-by pharming has finally been observed and substantiated. In reality it was only a matter of time as this type of attack was made public in 2006 as a white paper written by three security researchers associated with the Indiana University School of Informatics. The...
Tags: Symantec Corp., Pharming, DNS Server, Server, Web Site, Attack, Drive-by Pharming, Web Site Development, Identity Theft, Phishing, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2008-01-25

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Phishing and Pharming
Organizations face a complex challenge in securing their computing environment. Organizations and their employees are increasingly targeted in phishing attacks designed to steal proprietary company data and distribute malicious code. New pharming incidents also present increasing challenges that IT needs to address. This paper describes phishing and pharming and...
Tags: Pharming, Websense Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
White papers 2006-12-08
Understanding and Preventing Phishing & Pharming
The commission of fraud through sophisticated phishing and pharming techniques involves much more than tricking a few hapless users into giving away their personal identifying information. Phishers and pharmers use multiple attack vectors through which your end users could unwittingly give away the keys to the company databanks. Download this...
Tags: Pharming, Panda Software, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
White papers
Phishing and Pharming: Understanding Phishing and Pharming
Phishing and pharming, along with their associated identity thefts, continue to grow at an alarming rate and are wreaking major havoc on the world's economy, as well as individual financial standings. Because these scams are difficult to detect and the sums of money made by criminal organizations through these activities...
Tags: McAfee Inc., Pharming, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
White papers 2006-01-01
Understanding and preventing phishing and pharming attacks
Phishing and pharming scams use spoofed e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites to trick recipients into divulging financial data like credit card numbers, account information, Social Security numbers, etc. This leads to financial losses for consumers who have their identity stolen and businesses which unknowingly process these fraudulent transactions....
Tags: McAfee Inc., Pharming, Financial, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Financial Accounting, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Finance
White papers 2006-01-01
Drive-By Pharming
Inexpensive broadband routers are a popular way for people to create an internal, and sometimes wireless, network in their homes. By purchasing such a router and plugging it in, they can have a network set up in seconds. Unfortunately, by visiting a malicious web page, a person can inadvertently open...
Tags: Router, Indiana University, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Security
White papers 2006-12-13
MyIdnWebShield (msi)
IdnWebShield, the first security software which combines seven technologies completely focusing on phishing & pharming protection. IdnWebShield is a security tool that provides full protection against all phishing and pharming attacks. IdnWebShield is already pre-configured for full protection mode, easy-to-install, and easy-to-use it works automatically in the background for anybody...
Tags: Pharming, IdnWebShield, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing
Software downloads 2006-09-05
Phishing and pharming 101: Protect your identity
I recommend a fifth rule - use bookmarks favoritesIf people created bookmarks favorites for all the sites where theie money could be at risk an only used those bookmarks, the odds of getting phished would be reduced to practically zero. Better yet, create the bookmarks using a site internal...
Tags: Cyberthreats, howiem, bookmark, Heh, pharming, phishing
Discussion threads 2007-06-29
Survey finds DNS servers security features good, but for the configuration
Network appliance firm, Infoblox, finds in its latest annual Domain Name System survey that more that 50% of name servers on the internet are vulnerable to pharming attacks. An excerpt from InternetNews The Infoblox study revealed that more than half of all DNS servers allow for...
Tags: Security, DNS, DNS Server, Server, Survey, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-11-21
TechProGuild Podcast - June 12, 2005
In TechProGuild's third podcast, Michael Jackman reviews Tech Ed news, examines the new WPA2 wireless security option and describes three ways hackers are "pharming" for your data.
Tags: Podcasts, podcast, pharming, wireless security, hacker, wireless
Download resources 2005-06-13
Pharming
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/04/01/HNdnspharming_1.htmlHow serious is this going to be?Can't tell...since it requires a login to view the articleArticleI googled it up and didn't need a login. Anyway, techrepublic has aan article, too, so I have posted to that article.
Tags: networking, pharming, Roger99a
Discussion threads 2005-04-05
Bagle variants punch, punch and punch again
Bot farm for hire - when do you think it will be activated?My best guess is that the next 3 day weekend here in the US will be the launch of the worlds largest spam fest.Or do you think they will keep pharming for an even larger target? Obviously theres...
Tags: Bagle virus, beads@..., security
Discussion threads 2005-06-07
Identity Protection Services: Security Solutions for Financial Institutions
Perimeter offers an industry leading suite of identity protection services that include anti-phishing and pharming services to protect the most valuable asset to any financial institution - its customers.
Tags: Pharming, Financial, Financial Company, Perimeter, Phishing, Financial Services, Security, Spam And Phishing
White papers 2007-03-01
Barclays introduce Two-Factor authentication for online banking
Man in the middleFrom the details provided I can't see how this would stop man in the middle attacks specifically pharming attacks.You can argue that every little bit helps but once user accounts start getting compromised I think 2 factor authentication and IT Security will get a public flogging.
Tags: SECURITY, kash70, authentication, Barclays Plc., online banking
Discussion threads 2007-05-14
Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing (exe)
Anonymous Surfing hides your IP address, protecting your privacy and securing your identity by staying one step ahead of online predators. Online snoops are unable to track the sites you visit and build profiles on your Internet activities. Anonymizer's Anonymous Surfing protects you and your family from identity theft, keeps...
Tags: Privacy, IP, IP Address, Identity, Anonymizer, Anonymous Surfing, Digital Shredder Lite, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Identity Theft, Phishing, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing
Software downloads 2006-10-24
New Hard Drive Installation
I am installing a new hard drive in my PC. The old hard drive is partitioned, with "C:" being the Primary and "D" being Secondary. If I setup the old hard drive as the "Slave" can I just transfer the files from the old hard drive to the...
Tags: new Hard Drive, old hard drive, hard drive, gbalonek@..., hardware, Serial ATA
Q&A 2006-03-13
Phishing and pharming 101: Protect your identity
Using a variety of nefarious methods, phishing and pharming are a consistent problem that threatens everyone with identity theft. If you recognize what these methods are and how malicious users employ them, you can keep yourself and your users from becoming a victim.A quick reviewPhishing involves sending an e-mail that...
Tags: Security Solutions, Security, Phishing, Pharming, Mike Mullins, Identity Theft, E-mail, data theft, Cybercrime
Blog posts 2007-06-28
Offloading information off a bad hard drive
Greetings,I have a laptop in my possesion that has a bad hard drive, it says there is no operating system when booting. I have use Knoppix to get into the drive, I am trying to save the pictures off the drive before reformatting and reloading windows back on the...
Tags: dawnrabbit69@..., hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-05-04
Plugging in flash drive - no drive letter provided
Each time I plug in my 2GB flash drive the laptop makes a noise to indicate the drive has been found and shows the found hardware ballon but it does not give me a drive letter and I cannot find the drive on any of the allocated drive letters.Can anyone...
Tags: bldsm@..., "flash drive" "drive letter" "disk drive", hardware, USB flash drive
Discussion threads 2007-02-09
Plugging in flash drive - no drive letter provided
Each time I plug in my 2GB flash drive the laptop makes a noise to indicate the drive has been found and shows the found hardware ballon but it does not give me a drive letter and I cannot find the drive on any of the allocated drive letters.Can anyone...
Tags: bldsm@..., "flash drive" "drive letter" "disk drive", hardware, USB flash drive
Discussion threads 2007-02-09
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