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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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  1. FP - Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can anyone help me? I have an account with amazing karma, that I plan to retire after the next three posts. I thought that I would perform karma suicide with it but, I can't figure out an effective way to do it in only three posts. What would you do?Can anyone help me? I have an account with amazing karma, that I plan to retire after the next three posts. I thought that I would perform karma suicide with it but, I can't figure out an effective way to do it in only three posts. What would you do?

  2. Timothy: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If I wanted your opinion, I'd beat it out of you. So shut the fuck or post it in a comment.

  3. Re:Submit a new site, get a gift? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The gift you'll get from Netcraft is BSD's cadaver, he just died from a slashdotting...

  4. Re:firefox toolbar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It would better serve the community if you just killed them all, now.

  5. Darn Toolbar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey! The toolbar blocked my PayPal look-a-like fan site! What gives?