2. China’s Phishing Problem
0In 2012 alone, China reported that 100,402 phishing websites had
been handled and removed
0There could be over 3.16 million phishing websites throughout all
of China and the various search engines
0The top phishing website types include counterfeit banking,
counterfeit prize winning information, and counterfeit shopping
4. Lottery Scams
0Over 70% of scams
0Step 1: Email or Instant Message stating you have won a prize at
website
0Step 2: Brings to fake website that pretends to be real website such
as CCTV, Taobao.com
0Step 3: Website asks user to pay income tax or notary fee before
accepting their prize
5. Fake Websites
0“There exists a possibility for website information to mislead visitors and
the used domain name is identical or similar with that of counterfeited
website
0Online templates are available to create fake websites exactly the same as
popular websites
0Commercial Bank of China: “icbc.com.cn” vs. “1cbc.com.cn”
6. Taobao.com
0In June 2014,
97.49% of all the
reported phishing
websites copied the
websites of
Tabao.com, IMBC,
Hunan TV, and CCTV
8. Short Message Service (SMS) Spam
0In India and China, 30 to 40 percent of messages sent to mobile
users are spam.
0China's Ministry of Public Security said that it had identified
3,540 cases of suspected crimes, including one case where the
Liaoning Province gang is suspected of sending out over 200
million spam messages.
9. SMS Spam Phishing Attack
0The attack will ask a person to call their bank. The number
provided, however, isn't the bank's, but the scammers have
replicated the voice prompts. The prompts will then ask for
personal information, such as account details.
0Users can also be tricked into subscribing to premium text
messages by a malicious mobile app where they can be
charged every time they receive the spam text message
11. Anti-Phishing Alliance of China
0Founded on July 18, 2008, the Anti-Phishing Alliance of China
("APAC") is made up of domestic banks, securities institutions,
experts and scholars, and 500 other members serving as the
only coordination organization for the purpose of solving the
problem of phishing.
0APAC is the first non-governmental industrial coordination
organization in China established for the sole purpose of
solving this problem
12. Chinese Government
0On December 30, 2011, the Ministry of Public Security said
that it will be working with ten of the Chinese search engines
to protect the websites rankings of financial institutions.
13. References
0 Anti-Phishing Alliance of China. (n.d.) 2012 Annual report.[PDF Document] Retrieved from
http://en.apac.org.cn/news/201408/P020140827526790657014.pdf
0 Anti-Phishing Alliance of China. (n.d.) Briefing on Handling of Phishing Websites in June 2014.
[PDF Document] Retrieved from
http://en.apac.org.cn/Briefing_on_Handling_of_Phishing_Websites/201408/P020140827
538695463663.pdf
0 Chinese government takes safety measures on phishing attacks. (2012). Retrieved October 8,
2015, from http://asiabizz.com/9191/chinese-governmenttakes-safety-measures-on-
phishing-attacks/
0 J, Zhu. (n.d.) Phishing and Online Scams in China. [PDF Document] Retrieved from
http://en.apac.org.cn/About_Us/Processing/201408/t20140827_48690.html
0 Kirk, J. (n.d.). Cloudmark Security Suite Addresses Growing SMS Spam. Retrieved October 6,
2015, from http://www.pcworld.com/article/167200/article.html
0 Russon, M. (2014, March 27). China Arrests 1,500 People for Sending Spam Text Messages
from Fake Mobile Base Stations. Retrieved October 3, 2015, from
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