Phishing fight may be paying off

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Phishing fight may be paying off

10-15-2005, 09:49 AM,

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Phishing fight may be paying off

Quote:The number of phishing sites on the Web hit a record high in August, but coordinators in the fight against the prevalent Web scams say they have made some progress.

A total of 5,259 phishing sites were spotted in August, up substantially from 4,564 in July, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group. At the same time, the number of spam e-mail campaigns to lure people to phishing sites decreased for the second month in a row, from 14,135 to 13,776

Phishing opponents have increasingly been able to take down such sites quicker. ..

full article: http://news.com.com/Phishing+fight+may+b...tag=cd.top

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