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Phishing
412 published works
Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Fines Member for Failure to Protect Customer Information
FINRA announced today that it has fined Centaurus Financial, Inc. (CFI), of Orange County, CA, $175,000 for its failure to protect certain confidential customer information. Centaurus was also ordered to provide…
Media Law Prof Blog
Researching On the ‘Net and the Law
Christopher Soghoian, Harvard University and Indiana University, has published "Legal Risks for Phishing Researchers." Here is the abstract.Researchers are increasingly turning to live, `in the wild' phishing studies of users,…
CommLawBlog
Beware of Fake FCC Websites
ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! We have discovered two fake FCC websites set up to intercept your financial information when you pay FCC fees. These appear to be "phishing" sites designed to…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
The Thin Digital Line
The line between digital fantasy and reality is becoming evermore blurred, as evidenced by the recent arrest of a 17 year-old Dutch teen and the questioning of five others.[1] Using a…
Legal Profession Blog
Phishing Seems to be Getting Ballsier
Minor Wisdom's Ray Ward posts on a thorough and OCD-driven phishing attempt, including asking for photocopies of all credit cards front and back and a utility bill. I have gotten…
Rush on Business
Better Business Bureau Warns of Phishing Scam
By Rush Nigut
The Better Business Bureau warns businesses across the U.S. and Canada of a spoofing scam using the BBB name and a false BBB email address to entice recipients to access…
Proskauer on Privacy
CAN-SPAM, OPP, and PII
First CAN-SPAM Jury Conviction On January 12, 2007, Jeffrey Brett Goodin became the first person convicted by a jury of violating the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Using several compromised Earthlink accounts,…
DennisKennedy.Blog
A Phishing Primer from Dave Pollard
Some protections against phishing.
DennisKennedy.Blog
Phishing Email Gets More Sophisticated?
Spotting phishy emails.
The Trademark Blog
How To Identify Fraudulent E-Mail and Phishing Schemes
Microsoft on How To Identify Fradulent E-Mail and Phishing Schemes.