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Protecting the Web: Phishing, Malware, and Other Security Threats

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Overview Web site operators, Internet users, and online service providers are besieged by a growing array of abuses and threats. Spam leads users to online scams and phishing Web pages, which cyber-criminals use to steal users' financial data and passwords. Other criminals use Web sites to spread malware, which can steal personal data or take over users' computers into a botnet, which can be used to send spam or mount cyber-attacks against Web sites and other Internet services. Together, these abuses undermine user trust, hamper e-commerce, and cost the Internet community huge losses in money, service and support costs, and time.

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Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Security Management, Spyware

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