Netcraft: 5,600 Phishing Sites Since December

miller60 writes "Netcraft has tracked and blocked 5,600 known phishing sites since the December launch of its anti-phishing toolbar, which it has now updated with a risk rating feature that warns users about new sites with phishy characteristics, based on trends observed in known phishing scams. It has also started a service that makes the full list available of phishing sites as a continuously updated feed for service providers and companies to use in mail servers and web proxies." One bad sign: the phishing attacks I see are getting (on average) more professional in their phrasing -- it used to be easy to toss out the trawlers based on their spelling alone.

Comments

Re:firefox toolbar?

[Rude Turnip]

Firefox one-ups this already by doing 2 things:

1. Encrypted URLS turn the address bar to a gold color to remind you that you're on an encrypted site. And, more importantly,

2. In the lower right hand corner of the screen, Firefox tells you the name of the site to which the digital signature certificate is assigned.

Re:Submit a new site, get a gift?

[doofusclam]

Anybody know what is this "reward" they mail you? I'm curious.

Well according to this: http://news.earthweb.com/security/article.php/3454 601:

If a person is the first to submit a link to a new phishing site, the user receives a free prize, such as a coffee mug. Miller said other offerings are in the works as well. An e-mail appears in users' inboxes asking them to return a postal address for the prize, which takes 28 days to deliver.