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May 24, 2012

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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 … Definition continues below.
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Spear Phishing & Today's Cyber Attacks sponsored by Bit9, Inc. PODCAST: While security pros try their best to educate and enforce policy, hackers are working tirelessly to gain your users' trust. This podcast, featuring Bit9's CTO Harry Sverdlove, discusses how to protect against the most common technique used in today's targeted attacks – spear phishing. Posted: 24 May 2012 \| Premiered: 24 May 2012 TOPICS: Email Security \| Email Threats \| Fraud Protection \| Phishing \| Security Management \| Security Threats

Information security breaches survey 2012 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: Rising security breaches cost UK billions over the last 12 months as cyber attacks reached record levels, according to the 2012 Information Security Breaches survey. Posted: 24 Apr 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Contingency Planning \| Cybersecurity \| Cyberterrorism \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Denial of Service Attacks \| Fraud Protection \| Hackers \| Phishing \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Spending \| Security Threats \| Trojan Horses \| Virus Protection

Beyond Spam - Email Security in the Age of Blended Threats sponsored by EdgeWave WHITE PAPER: In this paper, explore the new threat reality, including the tactics and designs cyber criminals are using today and uncover some of the next generation technologies that can help mitigate these threats. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 12 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Email Filtering \| Email Security \| Email Threats \| Phishing \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Spam

2012 Security Outlook sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This report from the Corporate Executive Board, based on extensive research with Chief Information Security Officers, identifies the top 10 security imperatives for 2012. Posted: 24 Feb 2012 \| Published: 24 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| CISOs \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Denial of Service Attacks \| Hackers \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Phishing \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Smart Phones

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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 …
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