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FBI Phries Phishers

The culmination of the FBI’s Operation Phish Phry, commenced in 2007, has seen one hundred people in USA and Egypt charged with various financial crimes in the past 48 hours.

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Dubious Australian honour as top 10 phishing attack host

Australia is still one of the top 10 countries to host phishing attacks, according to a new security fraud report out today, while six countries - the US,...

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Online crims go phishing for Australian tax refunds

Cyber criminals have been tricking Australian taxpayers into revealing highly sensitive, personal information – essentially stealing their identities – to get hold of their tax refunds in a new phishing...

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Phishing up 180 percent in six months

According to APACS, the UK payments association, the number of people banking online has risen by 505 percent in the last seven years. However, in just the last six months...

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