Monday, July 03, 2006

Fight the Phish


The Castle Cops Phishing Incident and Termination (PIRT) Squad have been having a busy time. This volunteer based force of phish chasers are really begining to make a difference and are actively working on taking down phishing sites.

Paul and Robin Laudanski, the owners of CastleCops have compiled a list of the top twenty brands targeted by phishers.

May 2006 confirmed phish (brand plus total count for May):

  1. PayPal - 520
  2. eBay - 309
  3. Bank of America - 37
  4. Barclays - 36
  5. Wells Fargo - 36
  6. Chase - 33
  7. WAMU - 28
  8. HSBC - 20
  9. MasterCard - 18
  10. e-gold - 17
  11. Nationwide - 17
  12. Citi - 16
  13. BancorpSouth - 14
  14. Postbank.de - 12
  15. Halifax - 11
  16. NetBank - 11
  17. Laredo Nat'l Bank - 10
  18. Nat'l Australia Bank - 10

  1. Western Union - 10
  2. National Credit Union - 9
Anti phishing volunteers are always welcome, if you want to join the fight then Click Here to become part of PIRT

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