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ALSO CALLED:
Email Spoofing,
e-Mail Fraud,
Spear Phishing,
Password Phishing,
Brand Spoofing,
Email Fraud,
e-Mail Spoofing,
Social Engineering,
Internet Phishing,
Carding,
Password Cracking,
Spear-phishing
DEFINITION: E-mail spoofing is the forgery of an e-mail header so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source. Distributors of spam often use spoofing in an attempt to get recipients to open, and possibly even respond to, their solicitations. Spoofing can be used legitimately. Classic examples of senders who might prefer to disguise the source of the e-mail
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Phishing Multimedia
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This Month in the Threat Webscape for October 2009
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
VIDEO:
The Websense Security Labs Threatscape delivers information about breaking security research topics and today's advanced Internet threats. This Month's 'In the Threatscape' is a review of October's Web threat activity. Watch the video to learn more.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009
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Improving Network Security: An Out-of-the-Box Approach
sponsored by ArcSight, Inc.
VIDEO:
This video provides a short primer on VoIP and an attackers' objective.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 11 Sep 2009
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Protection in Numbers with the WebPulse Community Watch Cloud Service
sponsored by Blue Coat
WEBCAST:
Web malware has changed the playing field making traditional URL filtering and anti-virus solutions with daily updates less effective. Learn why and what you should change in this valuable webinar.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Premiered: 14 May 2009
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TechTalk: Stop Malware at the Web Gateway
sponsored by Blue Coat
WEBCAST:
Safeguarding your data from malware and other Web threats takes a layered approach. In this TechTalk webinar Blue Coat Technical Marketing Engineers will lead a discussion on how the Blue Coat ProxyAV works with the ProxySG to create a community-watch based security.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Premiered: 14 May 2009
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PHISHING DEFINITION (continued): … include a sender reporting mistreatment by a spouse to a welfare agency or a "whistle-blower" who fears retaliation. However, spoofing anyone other than yourself is illegal in some jurisdictions. E-mail spoofing is possible because Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the main protocol used in sending e-mail, does not include an authentication mechanism. Although an SMTP service extension (specified in IETF RFC 2554) allows an SMTP client to negotiate a security level with a mail server, this precaution is not often taken. If the precaution is not taken, anyone with the requisite knowledge … Phishing definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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