Originally published February 26 2006
FTC creates cybercrime education website
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a website, www.onguardonline.gov, to help educate consumers about internet crime -- such as identity theft, phishing, spam and online shopping scams -- through interactive quizzes and articles.
Responding to the rising cybercrime threat, the Federal Trade Commission Latest News about Federal Trade Commission last week unveiled an online tool designed to help consumers avoid becoming victims of Internet Get Linux or Windows Managed Hosting Services with Industry Leading Fanatical Support.
At the Web site, www.onguardonline.gov, consumers can take interactive quizzes designed to enlighten them about ID theft, phishing, spam and online-shopping scams.
Elsewhere on the site, consumers can find detailed guidance on how to monitor their credit histories, use effective passwords and recover from identity theft.
"We're trying to make the information as accessible as possible, with tips so people can take action," said Nat Wood, the FTC's assistant director for consumer and business education.
During the first half of 2005, 74 percent of the top 50 malicious attacks contained code to steal account logons, passwords and other sensitive data, compared with 54 percent the previous six months, according to security firm Symantec.
The number of programs designed to directly swipe logons and passwords, as a computer user types them on a keyboard, soared to about 6,191 last year, up from 3,753 in 2004, says iDefense Latest News about iDefense, a division of VeriSign.
Computers in an estimated 9.9 million U.S. households that engage in online banking transactions have been infected by keystroke loggers, giving cybercrooks potential access to an estimated US$24 billion in deposits, says the tech security think tank The Sans Institute.
"There are worms and viruses on instant messages, Web links, shared files."
Five federal agencies and 13 private organizations partnered to sponsor the OnGuard Online Web site.
Information on the site is not copyrighted, and the FTC encourages companies and other organizations to download and widely disseminate the information.
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