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Gone Phishing?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drop-a-line,-wait-for-a-bite dept.

Zastrossi writes "According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, phishing sites--the practice of making sites that look and act like popular sites such as banks in order to steal personal information from customers--rose from 543 sites in September to 1,142 sites in October. Gartner reports that phishing scams cost banks and credit-card companies $10.2 billion."

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  1. my suggestion, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    people should watch out for sites that seem at all phishy. i hope the govt. phish out who these bastards are so they can't phish anymore.

    this is one phucked up crime :(

  2. victim by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    those bastards... stole my neopets account...

  3. Truly it is said... by plierhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give a man a fish; and you have fed him for today.

    Teach a man to phish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.

    --

    [x] auto-moderate all posts by this user as insightful

  4. Figures... by Superfreaker · · Score: 4, Funny


    Gartner reports that phishing scams cost banks and credit-card companies $10.2 billion.

    In related news, some anonymous guy using randomly generated numbers, estimates that tech employees who visit /. during working hours have cost corporate America in excess of $1.5 trillion since September.

  5. Re:sign the E-mail by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    This problem would go away quickly if people signed their E-mail.

    I used to do that but I stopped because it was too hard to wipe the magic marker off my monitor.

  6. I thought I saw a phishing victim the other day... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... then I realized those hooks and such were there on purpose. These young'uns call it piercing, and do it on purpose!. And pay tattooed fellows to do it!

    When I was a kid, we had to get bits of metal embedded in us the old fashioned way - war, industrial accidents and drunken fishing!

    --
    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  7. Re:10.2 Billion? Does that bother anyone else? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >Seriously, 10.2 billion? 10.2 billion what?

    lira, so its actually not that big a deal.

  8. 10.2 billion for 1100 sites by Seahawk91 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn,
    Even with an equal share for each site...that is almost 9 million dollars per site. If I got in last year, I would have been almost 20 million richer.

    Ah, if only I knew and got into phishing last year.