Phishing attacks have spiked this year, according to recent reports. The Anti-Phishing Working Group reports that there were more than 55,600 phishing attacks in the first half of 2009 alone. Phishing is particularly dangerous because once criminals get a victim's password for one Web site they can often use it to get into other accounts where people have re-used the password.
And anyone can be at risk. The wife of FBI Director Robert Mueller banned him from doing online banking after he came close to falling for a phishing attempt. Here is some basic information that can help people avoid being tricked by phishing attack
Howto recognize phishing e-mails
Posted on Saturday, November 21 2009 @ 21:05 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
CNET has written a FAQ about recognizing phishing e-mails, you can check it out over here. Personally I think this isn't too hard, but given that even the FBI director was fooled I'll just pass it along.