CyberDefender(tm) Corporation, the security developer with the Internet's most advanced early defense technology, has released its latest CyberDefender Phishing Alert. In addition to a new scam from Washington Mutual Bank, there are a total of fourteen new eBay and PayPal phishing scams. CyberDefender’s real-time ScamHunter ™ technology provides a camera icon for viewing a complete phishing analysis of this Washington Mutual phishing scam including a scam URL screenshot. The CyberDefender Phishing Alert is a phishing attack report highlighting recent phishing scams that are plaguing Internet users and exposing them to identity theft. Currently the Internet's top risks include Washington Mutual bank, ten new active PayPal scams and four eBay phishing scams targeting Internet users.
CyberDefender(tm) Corporation, the security developer with the Internet's most advanced early defense technology, has released its latest CyberDefender Phishing Alert. In addition to a new scam from Washington Mutual Bank, there are a total of fourteen new eBay and PayPal phishing scams. CyberDefender’s real-time ScamHunter ™ technology provides a camera icon for viewing a complete phishing analysis of this Washington Mutual phishing scam including a scam URL screenshot. The CyberDefender Phishing Alert is a phishing attack report highlighting recent phishing scams that are plaguing Internet users and exposing them to identity theft.
Currently the Internet's top risks include Washington Mutual bank, ten new active PayPal scams and four eBay phishing scams targeting Internet users. CyberDefender's free Security Toolbar users are automatically protected against these and other phishing attacks and fake sites. Click here to download: http://www.cyberdefender.com/internet-security-company/download_toolbar.htm
CyberDefender Threat Level: Active Scam
Target pages: wamu.com
Scam URL: http://clients.mapquest.com/wa~
Date Discovered: 08/21/2006 15:46:01
CyberDefender Threat Level: Active Scam
Target pages: PayPal.com
Scam URL: http://218.71.239.118/.../.pay~
Date Discovered: 07/31/2006 16:38:44
CyberDefender Threat Level: Active Scam
Target pages: PayPal.com
Scam URL: com http://218.71.239.118/.../.pay
Date Discovered: 08/22/2006 16:32:11
CyberDefender Threat Level: Active Scam
Target pages: eBay.com
Scam URL: http://210.83.203.118/https:/c~
Date Discovered: 08/21/2006 11:07:37
Scam Alert Central automatically analyzes threats and calculates risk levels. This process takes place in real-time, providing you with the most updated and accurate protection available. For real-time observation of these and other phishing threats go to: http://www.cyberdefender.com/internet-security-threats/phishing-scam-alerts-vert.html
About Phishing Attacks
Webopedia defines phishing as "The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft." (full definition at http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/phishing.html)
About Scam Attacks
A scam website is a website or web page that is designed to look like a legitimate business web site, like a bank or online auction company, or online payment services that exist to steal personal login, password and account information.
About CyberDefender Threat Central
Threat Central(tm) and CyberDefender's Collaborative Internet Security Network(tm) together form a seamless adaptive network technology providing all CyberDefender users with anti phishing Scam Alerts warning them about new phishing scams. Threat Central automatically analyzes threats and determines whether the phished site is an active scam or an inactive scam. An active scam is one in which the offending website is still active, while an inactive scam is one in which the offending web site is not active but still being monitored. Many phishing sites cycle between active and inactive – sometimes daily, in an effort to avoid detection by Internet Service Providers. Because of this, the CyberDefender Threat Central phishing threats are dynamic, adjusting in real-time as each threat evolves, providing users with the most updated and accurate protection available.
CyberDefender Corporation, the security developer with the Internet's most advanced early detection technology, is a privately-held company headquartered in Los Angeles, California with operations in Florida, Canada and India. The first company to provide early warning and defense against Internet attacks using a secure high-speed client-to-client relay network, CyberDefender’s technology and PC security applications provide an early line of defense against spyware, viruses, phishing and worse.
CyberDefender began operations in August 2003 and its earlier products have been downloaded by over 12 million consumers. The company is managed by an experienced leadership team with the business acumen to help new technologies succeed in today’s marketplace and guide the company toward developing innovative products for customers worldwide. CyberDefender's products using the early detection technology include the CyberDefender Security Toolbar(tm) (free anti-phishing protection) and CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006(tm) (spyware remover), with a new line of Early Detection Center(tm) (EDC) security products slated for release during Q4, 2006. Beta for the EDC is available at http:edc.cyberdefender.com.
