[LINK] Aussies still ignorant about 'phishing'

[Kim Holburn]

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/aussies-still-ignorant-about-phishing/ 
2007/10/04/1191091252153.html>
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> Aussies still ignorant about 'phishing'
>
> As more Australians manage their lives on the web they are becoming  
> potential phishing victims.
> October 4, 2007 - 1:41PM
>
> Alarming numbers of Australians still don't know what the internet  
> scam called 'phishing' is, nor are they adequately protected  
> against it, a Galaxy survey has found.
>
> Phishing is a type of online fraud that tricks people into  
> supplying sensitive information to someone they shouldn't through  
> spoof websites or phony emails, often offering lucrative deals.
>
> Many of the scams come via email and usually claim to be from a  
> trusted source such as a bank, the eBay internet auction website,  
> or online payment company PayPal.
>
> As more Australians use online auction sites, online shopping,  
> social networking websites and online banking, they are becoming  
> potential phishing victims.
>
> The Galaxy survey, commissioned by eBay, found one in three  
> Australian internet users believed people had to be "dumb" to fall  
> for a phishing scam, but 72 per cent of respondents were engaging  
> in risky online behaviour.
>
> The survey of 647 internet users found seven out of 10 were at risk  
> of becoming phishing victims.
>
> Despite 30 per cent of internet users saying they knew what  
> phishing was, only seven per cent correctly understood what the  
> term meant.

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