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Anti-Phishing group casts line at new threats

I meant to mention this on the blog earlier this morning, due to some discussion on the local EFF-Austin mailing list where somehow, some joker managed to subscribe to the list, and then sent a crafty phishing e-mail to the entire mailing list.

But I digress....

Dawn Kawamoto writes about it on C|Net News:

Faced with a rise in so-called pharming and crimeware attacks, the Anti-Phishing Working Group will expand its charter to include these emerging threats.

The shift may serve as a harbinger, raising the question of whether phishing will eventually become passe--despite the current rise in phishing incidents.

"Over time, as banks get a better grip on fighting conventional phishing that uses social engineering, phishers will be forced to find other vectors of attack," Peter Cassidy, secretary general for the antiphishing group, said Wednesday.

Within a couple of years, he said, conventional phishing could become obsolete. "It could be even faster. Events have always eclipsed our expectations," Cassidy said.

posted by Fergie @ 8/03/2005 11:14:00 AM