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Gunter Ollmann explains the countermeasures you can use to actively respond to, and control, phishing attacks eBay users are again the targets of a new phishing swindle. Security experts have warned internet users of a spam campaign which pretends that the recipient has won a lottery sponsored by Liverpool Football Club in an attempt to steal bank account information. So-called 'brand spoof' spam scams have increased almost 500 percent since January. Fighting extortion, paedophilia and identity theft is all in a day’s work for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. Dan Ilett talks to its head, Len Hynds. The U.K.'s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has warned the public to be on their guard against "an ongoing mass virus attack" of unsolicited emails containing the Sober virus that purport to have been sent by the agency. Security experts warned of a new phishing attack that does not target any particular financial or ecommerce brand. Phishing attacks and other types of email fraud have grown a staggering 50 per cent over the last month according to a new report. Last October, many of us were shocked to read in newspapers that Procter & Gamble, a leading Fortune 500 firm, settled a dispute with European based Unilever over accusations of blatant corporate espionage - better known as economic warfare. Email-borne threats continue to evolve and have started to combine in new and dangerous ways. Online identity theft scams, known as phishing, are taking on a new guise. Anti-spam company MailFrontier is warning companies that a new phishing technique has surfaced. A 22-year-old man from Davenport, Iowa, has been charged with 75 counts of wire fraud in connection with a phishing scheme targeting Microsoft customers. A new email scam is circulating that tells recipients they could receive millions from a bank account belonging to a victim of the Concorde air disaster, security experts warned. Over 300 people have been arrested in Spain in a massive 419 manhunt. Nigerian anti-419 squads have recovered cash and assets worth more than $700 million in the last year. An interesting phishing scam has emerged that claims to be from an eBay user rather than the auction company itself. An American and a Scotsman have been jailed for their part in an international phishing scam that netted the pair $11 million dollars (£6.5 million). The men now face a total of ten years in prison. Author JK Rowling has taken action against phishing scams by warning Harry Potter fans about the dangers of internet fraud. A stolen database of registered car owners has been used in an elaborate scam that fooled owners out of $700 apiece.