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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on February 11, 2002. The length of the article is 757 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Near North sees 'Business As Usual' despite scandal involving CEO's arrest. (Late Breaking News).(Near North Insurance Brokerage, Michael Segal)(Brief Article)
Author: Mark E. Ruquet
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 11, 2002
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: 106Issue: 6Page: 9(1)

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on June 1, 1994. The length of the article is 865 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Two amendments to the National Competitiveness Act were approved by the US Senate on Mar. 8, 1994. The counterintelligence amendments, nos. 1489 and 1479, enhance the US government's authority to catch and indict a spy. Meanwhile, three measures to prevent mail fraud were introduced on Mar. 17, 1994 and a bill relating gun ownership to public housing authorities was proposed on Mar. 16, 1994. They were introduced by Reps. Barbara-Rose Collins and Ron Wyden, respectively.

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Title: Congressional legislation. (Legal Reporter)
Author: Teresa Anderson
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1994
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v38Issue: n6Page: p73(2)

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Tired of seeing your mailbox jammed with unwanted advertising mailers?

Irritated at those dinnertime solicitation calls?

So was author Jackie Plusch! So she put together this remarkable book that contains three easy steps for freeing yourself from these unwanted intrusions.

Junk Mail Solution contains everything you need to know, and even provides you with pre-addressed cards to major mass marketing companies telling them to TAKE YOU OFF THEIR MAILING AND CALLING LISTS! All you need to do is fill in your name and address, stamp, and mail. As a bonus, the book also includes script cards (place them by your phones) so you know exactly what to say to telemarketers when they call. ... Read more

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Less Junk Mail in a Flash
The information and postcards in Junk Mail Solution work wonders. My mother was on every mailing list imaginable. Thanks to Junk Mail Solution, she now receives almost none. And stopping the junk mail was so easy! I'd recommend the book to anyone who wants to reduce the time spent each day sorting through mail. And you'll save a tree as well.

Halting Solicitations
Junk Mail Solution explains how we wind up on so many solicitation lists and shows how to get off those rolls. The greatest value of this book is in the signs and pre-addressed post cards. There are signs to place near the telephones to remind you to utter the nine magic words. And there are cards to mail to the 26 list maintenance companies and list associations.

Of course, if you are a direct mailer or telemarketer, you may learn to breach some of these defenses. :)

Jackie Plusch is a professional organizer. She established the Clutter Cutter, a service to help individuals and groups manage space, time and materials. She soon discovered her clients were wasting hours handling unwanted mail and telephone calls.

As a publisher, author of 113 books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I like books that provide solutions without wasting my time with padding. ..... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Thomson Gale on November 5, 2007. The length of the article is 830 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Beware e-mail scams seeking your financial information.(technology today)
Author: Reid Goldsborough
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: November 5, 2007
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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Thomson Gale on November 20, 2006. The length of the article is 851 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Don't get hooked by burgeoning e-mail 'phishing' expeditions.(technology today)
Author: Reid Goldsborough
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: November 20, 2006
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The Privacy and Security report reveals the reality behind the shadowy world of online scammers, spammers, hackers and thieves—and exactly what consumers, businesses and governments are doing to combat them. At the annual RSA Security Conference early in 2005, Bill Gates made a splash by announcing that Microsoft planned to give free anti-virus and spyware software to consumers by the end of the year, with a paid version destined for enterprise users. The announcement was a signal of how important online security and privacy issues are becoming. But it also highlighted a vexing conundrum for e-commerce companies and online marketers: as security is beefed up across the entire IT infrastructure, consumer awareness of the issue is increasing—and yet, at the same time, consumer confidence in online security is declining. There is no denying the importance and prevalence of online fraud. The Internet, whether through the Web or e-mail, has quickly become the most common way for criminals to initiate scams. Corporate spending on security measures totals in the billions. Home users are increasingly knowledgeable about threats and preventative actions. Luckily, damages, at least thus far, have been trivial. Merchant losses from online payment fraud, which amounted to the seemingly astronomical sum of $2.6 billion in 2004, still accounted for just 1.8% of total sales.The immediate threat is perceptual. Until shoppers feel safe online, the economic foundations of the Internet—and billions of dollars of business worldwide—are at risk. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on October 25, 2004. The length of the article is 1306 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Paper trail leaves little to the imagination: damning e-mails bolster Spitzer case, along with cooperation of three executives.(What's The Evidence?)
Author: Mark E. Ruquet
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 25, 2004
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
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This digital document is an article from Information Management Journal, published by Association of Records Managers & Administrators (ARMA) on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2793 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Spamming gets a closer look: the U.S. government is taking more action than other countries against unwanted e-mail. (Capital edge: legislative & regulatory update).
Author: Bob Tillman
Publication: Information Management Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
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Low and Hoffman's casebook provides detailed information federal criminal law. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases. ... Read more

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just spend the money on stamps
First of all I think the first person to comment must be the author because this book is so not worth it. I only purchased this book for knowledge, I work for the post office. This book was written yrs ago and the things that apply to it don't really work so well today. The whole book could have been summed up with "just reuse a stamp if you can" sure you can get away with it here and there. In one instance the author tells you to place tape over stamp to hold in place. Well I've been working for the post office for 12yrs and have never seen a stamp with tape over it make it through. Nor have I ever seen half a stamp get through the system. There are loopholes but this author obviously is oblivious to them. If you want to save money don't buy this book.

Relief from the oppressive hell of periodic 3-cent rate hikes
Too cheap to pay 37 cents to mail a letter? You're not the only one, brother. Mr. Unzip (get it? Because he's *screwing* the post office, which uses *ZIP* codes?) will tell you how to spend more than 37 cents worth of your time to save 37 cents. A fun and informative read. ... Read more

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True Crime Non FictionA true crime story written by the investigator about how a married couple and business owners lulled their employees to sleep through lies and deception. They embezzled millions from their employee pension plan and committed millions in health care fraud. They used the stolen money to fuel their lavish lifestyle. ... Read more

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A Good Read
This is a real world detective story without the theatrics usually associated with this type of story line.A quick read, recommend for a coast to coast flight.It is uplifting to see law enforcement officers succeed in bringing white collar criminals to justice. ... Read more

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If you have ever received a phish, become a victim of a phish, or manage the security of a major e-commerce or financial site, then you need to read this book. The author of this book delivers the unconcealed techniques of phishers including their evolving patterns, and how to gain the upper hand against the ever-accelerating attacks they deploy. Filled with elaborate and unprecedented forensics, Phishing Exposed details techniques that system administrators, law enforcement, and fraud investigators can exercise and learn more about their attacker and their specific attack methods, enabling risk mitigation in many cases before the attack occurs. ... Read more

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Phishing Needs to be Exposed to More of Us!
Here are the chapters:

- Chapter 1 Banking On Phishing
- Chapter 2 Go Phish!
- Chapter 3 E-Mail: The Weapon of Mass Delivery
- Chapter 4 Crossing the Phishing Line
- Chapter 6 Malware, Money Movers, and Ma Bell Mayhem!
- Chapter 7 So Long, and Thanks for All the Phish!
395 pages paperback

As others have stated in their reviews, this is the book if you are involved in Internet security either at an ISP, webserver administrator or a security analyst at a large corporation or in law enforcement dealing with cybercrime. Phishing Exposed is also very useful for watch dog individuals on the web who actively report Internet scams to ISPs.It is an eye opener on how phishing scams have gotten more sophisticated in snaring unsuspecting victims' data within the last few years. This book was released in late 2005, however, most of the information is still rather relevant and useful for today for those who are working to minimize Internet fraud. For example, the use of botnets and malware have gained a larger role in the proliferation of phishing scams since this book was published; the author does cover some detail on this newer approach to perpetuating fraud online.

I have pretty much read the entire book, though I read quickly through all the scripting and coding details Lance outlines in his book and the detail takes up quite a few pages. I did enjoy reading it, thus why it only took me about 2 days to get through it. As I come across some of the coding complexities Lance outlines, I will return to this book as a reference.

One criticism I have is there is no glossary of terms. Lance uses many many technical terms, a few here and there that I didn't know and when I did read them, sometimes I forgot what they stood for.

I will point out a few highlights which may be useful for some of what is covered:

Email Headers
The author provides us information on how to read email headers we receive in spam from phishers who are just a subset of spammers anyway. This is quite useful for those still learning how to decode email headers line by line. Though there are a few things the author leaves out regarding explaining the breakdown of headers, he covers this seldom-covered subject quite well. Most of the samples of spam we have here are Lance's own fake phishing spams, similar to examples you will read in the scripting sections.

Scripting
The author tells us about CSS (Cross Site Scripting) - Cross site scripting (also known as XSS) occurs when a web application gathers malicious data from a user. The data is usually gathered in the form of a hyperlink which contains malicious content within it. The user will most likely click on this link from another website, instant message, or simply just reading a web board or email message [...]. This part of the book will take me longer to grasp as my own scripting knowledge is not very strong.

Lance covers the scripting exploits in creating phishing websites in regards to DHTML, DOM, SSL, JavaScript, redirects, and covers HTTP responses (common status codes) via user-agents. Lance uses his own made-up phishing sites to demonstrate how these scripts work. Status codes example: such as 404 file not found.

Money Laundering
Finally, the author also covers phisher money laundering in chapter (6) "Chapter 6 Malware, Money Movers, and Ma Bell Mayhem!" of the book. Phishers use mules to forward the funds for them (mules have bank accounts setup to accept the money and transfer it elsewhere: sometimes the "mules" do not even realize they are participating in illegal activity); this is similar to what drug dealers do to launder their money. He also covers caller ID spoofing in this chapter. This area is probably generally less well known, as it is more of the bank side of things of how the stolen money is transfered from account to account.

Details That Developers and Security Experts Need
Phishing quickly exploded from a nuisance to a full-fledged threat in the middle of 2005. Weaknesses in email, combined with flaws in Web security and with a little social engineering mixed in make for an effective tool to get the attention of users and lure unsuspecting people into the trap.

It didn't take long for the organized crime elements of the malware underground to recognize the power and efficiency of this tool. Phishing is a virtual poster-child for the convergence of malware because it is a malicious tool that helps tie viruses, worms, spam, Trojans and other malware together and get them delivered effectively to their designated targets.

While a book like Phishing: Cutting The Identity Theft Line is aimed at managers and executives and users, this book is more along the lines of Inside The Spam Cartel in the way it dives deeper to look at the secrets and techniques and explore the underground that makes it work.

While the content is more technical, James writing is engaging. Phishing Exposed is an excellent resource for developers, specifically Web developers, and for security experts to understand more about how and why phishing works, rather than just what it is and how to detect and defend against it.

Not just a technical reference: A great read
If you're on your way to a security conference this summer, and you'd like to get up to speed on web site abuses and browser design vulnerabilities, this book makes for excellent airplane-reading fare. I say this because Phishing Exposed manages to succeed on two fronts: it is both an instructive technical reference, as well as a surprisingly compelling narrative.

The first is unsurprising -- it is, after all, a Syngress book, and so is typical of technical books from this imprint. The second accomplishment, though, was a pleasant surprise. It's not common that someone as deeply involved in the technologies of network security are also talented writers.

As an example, while documenting the technical characteristics of e-mail delivery, James illustrates example forensic techniques of identifying the home city, working schedule, and handedness of the attacker. It's this mix of CSI-meets-ITSec that makes the book an honest page-turner.

Given this literary attention to narrative and even elements of plot development (especially on the follow-the-breadcrumbs analysis of a seemingly endless series of HTTP redirects), this book illustrates the phishing problem in a way that both technically-oriented defenders and interested "power user" readers will understand and enjoy.

Expands the boundaries of client-side hacking
Phishing Exposed is a powerful analysis of the many severe problems present in Web-based activities.Phishing Exposed is another threat-centric title from Syngress.The book presents research conducted by Secure Science Corporation as a way to understand the adversary.The author demonstrates his own attacks against multiple popular e-commerce sites as a way to show how phishers accomplish their goals.I was surprised by the extent to which the author could repeatedly abuse high-profile financial sites, and for that reason I highly recommend reading Phishing Exposed.

The book begins with an overview of the phishing problem.Three basic phishing techniques (impersonation, forwarding, and popup) are explained.The mechanics of email and HTTP are also described.The heart of the book appears in chapters 4 and 5, where almost 270 pages are devoted to the author's assessment and abuse of banking sites.I was shocked by the author's ability to repeatedly take advantage of vulnerabilities in client and server software and configuration.These chapters made me wonder if it is possible for an average end user -- or even a skilled technical user -- running popular operating systems and browsers to survive these sorts of high-end attacks.

Ch 6 featured some innovative material on subverting caller ID by using Voice over IP and other methods.I also appreciated the historical perspective in that chapter.

My only real concern is that the author devoted lots of material to his own attacks, and not as much to attacks by real phishers.I would have liked additional details on how to detect and potentially defeat these attacks using network-based and proxy-based means.

Incidentally, reviews by "relatives" should be considered suspect, although reviews with the title "inadequate and unoriginal" should be completely ignored.Reviews like that demonstrate another instance where that particular "reviewer" has once again skimmed the text and not spent any time reading the book.Phishing Exposed is incredibly original -- and that's why I've given it five stars, despite some rough editing from Syngress.

Chapters expose attacks then probe the world of organized phishing gangs and operations to show how phishers operate
What do phishers gain from their techniques, and how do they steal identities, passwords, and information? Learn to identify the three classes of security attacks, how phishers scour the net for valid email addresses to attack, and how they are able to exploit computer vulnerabilities with Lane James's Phishing Exposed, which will interest programmers, network administrators and legal officers alike. Chapters expose attacks then probe the world of organized phishing gangs and operations to show how phishers operate, and how you can protect your system. ... Read more