Working group launches phishing scam guidance
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has issued new guidance for domain registrars which aims to help them identify websites used to launch phishing scams.
Its new white paper has been drawn up in collaboration with a number of key players in the fight against phishing and gives guidance on a number of methods to identify website registration requests, which may be used to commit identity theft and fraud.
According to Secure Computing, the guide comes as a response to the ever-growing sophistication of phishing scams seen in the wild.
The best practice recommendations provide information on how to identify dubious registrations and how to capture and preserve evidence to charge criminals.
It is split into three main areas: phishing site takedown, evidence preservation and fraud screening.
Elsewhere, the Federal Trade Commission recently urged businesses and consumers to be on the lookout for phishing scams purporting to contain information about bank mergers in the wake of the financial crisis.
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