Useful Links
- AntiPhishing Working Group (APWG)
- The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)is an industry association focused on eliminating the identity theft and fraud that result from the growing problem of phishing and email spoofing.
- UNIRAS (Unified Incident Reporting & Alert Scheme)
- The UK Government's computer emergency response team, part of the UK's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre.
- The National High Tech Crime Unit
- National unit formed in April 2001 comprising personnel from the National Crime Squad, the NCIS, and from HM Customs & Excise. It works in conjunction with computer crime units in UK police forces.
- Internet Fraud Complaint Centre (IFCC)
- The IFCC is an American organisation which is a partnership between the FBI and the US National White Collar Crime Center. Its mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet and it includes a reporting mechanism through which people can alert authorities to a suspected criminal or civil violation.
"Everyone participating in e-commerce is impacted by phishing. Consumers are getting hit because they lose confidence in their e-mail communications and their ability to conduct secure online commerce. However, an even bigger hit is taken by the enterprises because they are the ones - especially the banks - that have to refund consumers' their money if their funds are stolen as a result of a phishing attack or any other type of unauthorized access to their accounts."
Avivah Litan,Vice President and Research Director
