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Netcraft: 5,600 Phishing Sites Since December

Posted by timothy on from the not-good-news dept.

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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  1. Netcraft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    confirms it.

  2. First Post?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fishy!!!!

  3. Grammar surrenders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...makes the full list available of phishing sites...

    Try:

    ...makes the full list of phishing sites available...

  4. YAY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP finally!!!

  5. Fishing scam? by notherenow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, there's no midget fucking a cow? I deserve better!

    --
    We all dance, we all sing.
    -The Streets
  6. Re:FP - Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope that's you, garcia. I'm sick of your lies and anti-semitism.

  7. Re:FP - Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Promote creationism, jesus, god, or any of that religious crap.