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We recently published volume 15 of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report. This volume of the report contains detailed data on the types of phishing attacks Microsoft products helped to block during the first half of 2013. For the first time ever, the report also contains data on phishing attacks that targeted mobile device users; data on the phishing sites that Windows Phone 8 devices encountered provides valuable insights into one of the ways attackers are trying to take advantage of the rapidly growing number of mobile devices coming online.
Phishing is a method of credential theft that tricks Internet users into revealing sensitive information, such as personal or financial information, online. Any system or device that sends and receives email and allows users to surf the Internet is at risk from this type of attack. One way that Microsoft helps to protect customers from phishing attacks is by trying to identify phishing sites and warning people about them if they attempt to visit them. Microsoft gets information about phishing sites and phishing impressions from users who choose to enable the Phishing Filter or SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer. A phishing impression is a single instance of a user attempting to visit a known phishing site with Internet Explorer and being blocked. If you are interested in more details on how this works, please see an article that I published a while back called Phishing Financial Institutions & Social Networks.
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Phishing is a method of credential theft that tricks Internet users into revealing sensitive information, such as personal or financial information, online. Any system or device that sends and receives email and allows users to surf the Internet is at risk from this type of attack. One way that Microsoft helps to protect customers from phishing attacks is by trying to identify phishing sites and warning people about them if they attempt to visit them. Microsoft gets information about phishing sites and phishing impressions from users who choose to enable the Phishing Filter or SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer. A phishing impression is a single instance of a user attempting to visit a known phishing site with Internet Explorer and being blocked. If you are interested in more details on how this works, please see an article that I published a while back called Phishing Financial Institutions & Social Networks.
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