A newly formed antiphishing group is promising to introduce ways to shut down the spread of online identity fraud scams. Shawn Eldridge, chairman of the new group, Trusted Electronic Communications Forum, sees results coming within the next four to six months. “Phishing” for user identification through e-mail scams is quickly becoming the number one online security concern. Analysts report that 76 percent of the known or suspected phishing attacks occurred since October 2003.
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New Internet Security Forum Seeks To End Phishing
Posted by: Jack M. Germain August 10, 2004 06:00 AMA newly formed antiphishing group is promising to introduce ways to shut down the spread of online identity fraud scams. Shawn Eldridge, chairman of the new group, Trusted Electronic Communications Forum, sees results coming within the next four to six months. “Phishing” for user identification through e-mail scams is quickly becoming the number one online security concern. Analysts report that 76 percent of the known or suspected phishing attacks occurred since October 2003.