http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. China and Romania were by far the largest sources of confirmed hacking attempts last year, with China's mostly from state-controlled sources aimed at data theft, a new report said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news285956790.html Technology Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:26:36 EST news285956790 (Phys.org)—The email resembled the organization's own employee e-newsletter and asked recipients to visit a website to confirm that they wanted to continue receiving the newsletter. Another email carried an attachment it said contained the marketing plan the recipient had requested at a recent conference. A third email bearing a colleague's name suggested a useful website to visit. http://phys.org/news276934714.html Technology Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:18:44 EST news276934714 Fraud in online commerce and theft of confidential data, known as phishing, at banks in Latin America together top 93 billion dollars in yearly losses, an IT conference heard Wednesday. http://phys.org/news237088322.html Technology Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:52:11 EST news237088322 Hackers are out to trick Apple computer users into infecting Macintosh machines with malicious code pretending to be legitimate security software. http://phys.org/news225600952.html Technology Thu, 26 May 2011 03:56:11 EST news225600952 Nick Feamster, assistant professor at Georgia Tech's College of Computing and researcher at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center offers his expertise on the Epsilon data breach and what users and custodians can do to protect their data. http://phys.org/news221732781.html Technology Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:26:39 EST news221732781 Communication researchers at four major universities have found that if you receive a lot of email, habitually respond to a good portion of it, maintain a lot of online relationships and conduct a large number of transactions online, you are more susceptible to email phishing expeditions than those who limit their online activity. http://phys.org/news221319736.html Technology Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:42:38 EST news221319736 Think twice next time you get an email from Chase or Citi asking you to log in to your credit card account. The bank may not have sent it. http://phys.org/news221161817.html Technology Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:50:57 EST news221161817 (PhysOrg.com) -- Phishing scams are making the leap from email to the world's voice systems, and a team of researchers in the Georgia Tech College of Computing has found a way to tag fraudulent calls with a digital "fingerprint" that will help separate legitimate calls from phone scams. http://phys.org/news205501484.html Technology Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:45:11 EST news205501484 A new phishing scam is using the classified advertising Web site Craigslist to lure potential buyers to a fake version of the online auction site eBay. http://phys.org/news187516259.html Technology Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:01 EST news187516259 Twitter on Tuesday blocked the accounts of users who evidently fell prey to a "phishing" scam that stole their log-in information. http://phys.org/news184353230.html Technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:40:02 EST news184353230 Facebook has announced an alliance with Internet security specialty firm McAfee to get user of the world's leading online social network to better protect their computers. http://phys.org/news182596224.html Technology Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:20:02 EST news182596224 (AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information. http://phys.org/news170483110.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:26:44 EST news170483110 Facebook Thursday said it has blocked a link at the heart of a "phishing" scam being used to dupe members into revealing passwords to accounts at the social networking website. http://phys.org/news160375615.html Technology Fri, 01 May 2009 05:47:17 EST news160375615 Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information. http://phys.org/news153932135.html Technology Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:56:06 EST news153932135