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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on FBI Busts Up Worldwide Phishing Ring]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/09/fbi-busts-up-major-phishing-and-bank-fraud-ring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/09/fbi-busts-up-major-phishing-and-bank-fraud-ring/</guid><description><![CDATA[YES!  I get those emails all the time... saying it's Bank of America and they want to update my information. I don't even bank with Bank of America. I always send them to the bank's security team, but the notion that someone is trying to rip me off just infuriates me. And then I think of my Mom, or people who are in financial hardship, and I imagine them not being on guard and making that 2-minute mistake... and boom, all their savings just gone in a whisper.  It makes me sad to live in a world with so many Bernie Madoffs and where people just don't give a sh&t about each other. Thank God some of those guys are being put away... at least for a little while. If I knew who they were, I'd go to the prison and kick them in the balls.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Susannahjo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 11th 2009 12:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on FBI Busts Up Worldwide Phishing Ring]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/09/fbi-busts-up-major-phishing-and-bank-fraud-ring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/09/fbi-busts-up-major-phishing-and-bank-fraud-ring/</guid><description><![CDATA[My wife called me to ask if I had purchased a GE Appliance -- she rec'd an email that basically thanked her for "looking into" GE and subscribing to their newsletter.  Great- another nice wake up call, as she spent a couple hours checking cc purchase history. <br><br>I work in the industry (thawte rep) and we generally use sites that employ the highest level of security through Extended Validation SSL. Denoted by a bright green url bar and is currently one of the only ways to combat the phishing scams, and completely protect your privacy. <br><br>We are diligent about not duplicating sign on information between sites and also frequently change them on a regular basis. <br><br>If an eavesdropper sniffs out your login to “unsecured sites” it’s possible they will use that information to gain access to other sites using that same log in.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gregorycreaser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2009 6:54PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
