Phishing: Cutting the Identity Theft Line |
| "Phishing" is an identity theft scam. An unsuspecting victim
receives an e-mail that seems to come from a bank or other financial
institution, and it contains a link to a web site where she or he is asked to
provide account details. The site looks legitimate, and 3 to 5 percent of
people who receive the e-mail go on to surrender their information to crooks.
One e-mail monitoring organization reported 2.3 billion phishing messages in
February 2004 alone. If that weren’t enough, the crooks have expanded their operations to include malicious code that steals identity information without the computer user’s knowledge. Thousands of computers are compromised each day, and phishing code is increasingly becoming part of the standard exploits. |
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Written by a phishing security expert at a top financial institution, this unique book helps IT professionals respond to phishing incidents. After describing in detail what goes into phishing expeditions, the author provides step-by-step directions for discouraging attacks and responding to those that have already happened. Written by Rachael Lininger and Russell Dean Vines. Published by Wiley Publishing Inc., 2005. |
| Catalogue No. | 0-7645-8498-7 |
| Price | $38.99 |
| Format | Softcover |
| Pages | 310 |
| Language | English only |
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