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The fourth quarter of 2009 saw a rise in the number of hijacked
brands to a record 356 in October, up nearly 4.4 per cent
from the previous record of 341 in August 2009
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16 - JUN 10: APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy addresses the IEEE Standards Association at the IEEE-SA's annual board meeting in New
Brunswick, NJ:
Mr. Cassidy will speak to the IEEE-SA on "Data Logistics Challenges to Engaging the Global Electronic Crime
Network."
1 June 10: APWG Joins "Day of Action" against mass-market fraud
The APWG is joining law enforcement and regulatory authorities in five nations around the world in a multinational “Day of Action” against
mass-market fraud by committing its data logistics resources and consumer education programs to their international awareness and
response effort. APWG's release available here.
10 May 10: APWG Releases Global Phishing Survey: Domain Name Use and Trends in 2H2009
This study is a comprehensive analysis of the phishing that took place in the second half of 2009 (2H2009). Highlights include:
- Avalanche phishing gang responsible for two-thirds of all phishing attacks launched in 2H2009
- Average uptime of all phishing attacks continued to drop from previous periods in 2H2009
- Amount of Internet domain names and numbers used for phishing steady as number of registered domain names has grown
09 April 10: APWG Post 20th language to Education Redirect site:
Today the APWG posted the translated site for Norwegian, the 20th language to be supported. This site helps educate users
that were duped into following a malicious link. The Education Redirect program points out the mistake and provides
some easy tips to avoid becoming a victim of electronic fraud and crime.
Program Details
New Norweagan Page
24 Mar 10: Secretary General Peter Cassidy addresses the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France:
Mr. Cassidy has been invited to the Octopus Interface conference on Cooperation against cybercrime to present on data logistics and data
logistics aspects of reporting and exchanging ecrime event data, focusing on the APWG's extensions to the
Incident Object Data Exchange
Format (IODEF) for reporting and processing electronic crime events. The program agenda is available on the
COE's site here.
24 Mar 10: Cybersecurity Bill Approved:
The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday approved legislation to improve how the federal government and the private sector deal with cyber
attacks. Approved by voice vote, the bill would raise the priority of cybersecurity throughout the federal government and streamline
cybersecurity-related functions. (full
details here)
18 MAR 2010: JPCERT/CC the Anti-Phishing Council Japan and JAIPA
announce education effort:
Today JPCERT/CC in conjunction with the Anti-Phishing Council Japan and Japan Internet Providers Association (JAIPA) announce
a joint effort to promote the APWG's Education Landing Page Program. Through JAIPA's wide out reach,
more than 300 ISP members of this association and JPCERT/CC will work with ISPs and hosting providers to use the APWG's landing page when removing phish
contents from their own network. This effort will help promote end user education and help deter criminal efforts against the Japanese public. Details
in the official press release can be found at:
http://www.antiphishing.jp/information/information1056.html
http://www.jaipa.or.jp/topics/?p=306
5 MAR 2010: NCSA & APWG Host Consumer Messaging Meeting:
On Mar 5th the APWG in conjunction with our partner the NCSA will host the next meeting of the Consumer Security and Safety Messaging Convention. This meeting will be held in San Franciso during the annual RSA week. Program Details here . . .
11 FEB 2010: Registration opens for Counter eCrime Operations Summit 2010:
The APWG is proud to announce that registration is open for it's fourth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS IV)
to be held in São Paulo, Brazil on May 11, 12 & 13, 2010.
Click here for additional details
27 & 28 Jan 10: APWG address JPCERT/CC:
JPCERT/CC, the first CSIRT established in Japan, will host two one day Anti-Phishing Seminar's in Tokyo and Osaka on January 27 & 28 2010.
APWG Deputy Secretary-Genearl Foy Shiver will address the audiences to present the numerous ongoing APWG initiatives and discuss the status
of Phishing, Fraud and Electronic crime in today electronic dominated business environment.
15 Jan 10: APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy speaks at Booz Allen Hamilton:
Mr. Cassidy has been invited to this present a talk on "Data Logistics Requirements for Engaging the Global
Electronic Crime Plexus" by Booz Allen Hamilton's Information Assurance and Law Enforcement
Technical Focus Groups.
09 JAN 2010: Counter eCrime Operations Summit 2010 Call For Presentations:
The APWG is now accepting session proposals for it's fourth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS IV)
to be held in São Paulo, Brazil on May 11, 12 & 13, 2010.
Click here for additional details
17 - 18 Nov 09: Secretary General Peter Cassidy addresses the G8's
High Tech Crime Subgroup (HTCSG) in Palermo, Italy:
Mr. Cassidy has
been invited to this G8 subgroup's Fall meeting to provide a
presentation on APWG's
extensions to the Incident Object Data Exchange Format (IODEF) for
reporting and processing electronic crime events.
18 Nov 09: House Science Subcommittee Approves Bill Increasing NIST's Cybersecurity
Authority (Pike & Fischer, 111609)
The House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and
Innovation Nov. 4 approved a bill giving the National Institute of
Standards and Technology additional responsibilities for developing
cybersecurity standards, including ensuring privacy protection for
electronic health records.
The "Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness Act" (bill number not
available) would require NIST to "develop and implement a plan to ensure
coordination within the U.S. government with regard to the development
of international cybersecurity technical standards; develop and
implement a cybersecurity awareness and education program; and engage in
research and development to improve identity management systems,"
according to a subcommittee statement.
Full text of the committee print of the bill is available here.
21 Oct 09: APWG Awards 2009 Thought Leader Awards:
At its annual Counter eCrime Researchers Summit the APWG awarded the 2009 Thought Leadership Awards to Laura Mathers of Silver Tail Systems and
Rod Rasmussen of Internet Identity. This award is giving to individuals that display a talent for giving expression to the eCrime threats thus
contributing to the common understanding of the menace and for helping to breath life into collective soultuions.
19 Oct 09: APWG Deploys Real-Time Internet Saftey Education Program:
The APWG’s Internet Policy Committee (APWG-IPC) and the Carnegie Mellon Cylab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) have joined forces to educate consumers about phishing and established the APWG/CMU Phishing Education Landing Page program. The goal of this initiative is to instruct consumers on online safety at the “most teachable moment”: when they have just clicked on a link in a phishing communication.
17 Sept 09: UAB Partners with The National White Collar Crime Center:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Justice Sciences has signed a collaborative agreement with the National White Collar Crime Center and the Internet Crime Complaint Center to conduct research on cyber-crime and to create training programs in cyber-crime investigations for law enforcement.
27 Jul 09: Secretary General Peter Cassidy addresses the ISTS:
Dartmouth College's Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS) host the Securing the eCampus conference in Hanover, NH. where Mr Cassidy speaks to "Crimeware's Evolution."
17 Jul 09: P. Kumaraguru will present at the Sixth Conference on Email and Anti-Spam.
P. Kumaraguru will be presenting a paper on the APWG’s Phishing Education Landing Page
Program at the Sixth Conference on Email and Anti-Spam on July 17. The presentation will
cover statistics about the landing page and how the initiative came into being.
29 Jun 09: APWG Deputy Secretary-General Foy SHiver will speak at the annual FIRST.org meeting in Kyoto, Japan. He will take this
opportunity to update the attendees on the on-going projects like the Accelerated Takedown Initiative, the Consumer Redirect page and the 2H2008 Global
Domain study.
21-26 Jun 09: APWG Industry Liaison Rod Rasmussen briefs ICANN constituency meeting - Sydney, Australia
Rod Rasmussen, co-chair of APWG's Internet Policy Committee (IPC) will be
attending ICANN on behalf of the IPC. Rod will be presenting to the Cross-constituency group, the Intellectual Property Constituency, and the
ccNSO. Rod will be discussing the results obtained in the 2H2008 Global Domain study among other APWG programs of interest to ICANN members.
22 May 09: APWG eCrime Research Summit Program Committee extends submission dates
The Program Committee for the fourth annual APWG eCrime Research Summit announced an extension to the submission dates for papers to this year's event.
The full paper abstract registration dates has been extended to June 10 with full papers submissions due June 15. Full White Paper Here . . .
APWG announces The Emergent Law Enforcement-Network Security Initiative (eLENS)
This new project endeavors to take responsibility for
helping to bridge the eCrime data-sharing gap between public law
enforcement, private network security, investigative intelligence, network
measurement and experimentation, and related policy. While the operational
lines between these entities is blurring, there is no corresponding policy
to guide and coordinate what is occurring informally and on an ad hoc basis.
The eLENS effort will initially develop and promote uniform data exchange
guidelines that address the full life cycle of information flows: discovery,
acquisition, sharing, and disclosure. This will take into account the
legality of capturing, observing, and sharing network activity, including
the proper roles of the various stakeholders, and observance of evidentiary
chain-of-custody principles to ensure resulting actions are ethically and
legally actionable. A prospectus of the project is available here.
APWG Internet Policy Committee Co-Chair Laura Mathers post a series about online fraud from the victim's perspective.
In the fraud fighting community it is easy to sometimes lose sight of what it is like to be the victim. In these post Laura attempts to raise
awareness of the frustration and helplessness (in addition to the money loss) that accompanies these crimes.
10 Mar 09: APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy at Council of Europe
Octopus Interface Conference on Cybercrime - Strasbourg, France
Mr. Cassidy discusses the APWG's XML schema for eCrime reporting in a
presentation titled, "An eCrime Reporting Lingua Franca" at this
conference which is themed "Cooperation against Cybercrime."
3 - 5 Mar 09: APWG addresses APCERT Annual General Meeting -
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Deputy Secretary-General Foy Shiver addresses The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Teams (APCERT) with a briefing on the status
of counter e-crime efforts and programs designed to battle both crime and fraud on the internet. The annual conference provides a platform
for CERTs in Asia Pacific region to share security information and to build trust relationships.
4 Feb 09: APWT Releases new resource document "What To Do If Your Web Site Has Been Hacked by Phishers"
This document is a reference guide for any web site owner or operator who suspects, discovers, or receives notification that it's web site
is being used to host a phishing site. The document explains important incident response measures to take in the areas of identification,
notification, containments, recovery, restoration and follow-up when an attack is suspected or confirmed.
20 - 22 Jan 09: APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime meeting of
Core Group of Experts on Identity-Related Crime - Vienna, Austria
Mr. Cassidy discusses utility of APWG/CMU Phishing Education Landing Page program and the APWG's XML schema for
eCrime reports at the final meeting of the core experts group that studying and making
recommendations about management of identity related crimes.
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The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is the global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and
identity theft that result from phishing,pharming and email spoofing of all types.
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