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.

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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.