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An Overview of International Cyber-Security Awareness Raising and Educational Initiatives (2011)

International campaigns – Campaign 4 – Anti-Phishing Working Group

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is the global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types.

  

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Campaign Name:

APWG Public Education Initiative

Organisation:

Anti-Phishing Working Group

Main URL:

http://www.antiphishing.org/

Dates:

Unknown

Costs:

Not available

Topics covered:

– Phishing

– Muling

Target Audience:

Consumers and enterprises

Methodology:

– Identifies and organises most useful cybercrime education programs and makes them available to widest cohort possible

– Phishing Education Landing Page Program – aims to ‘instruct consumers on online safety at the ‘most teachable moment’: when they have just clicked on a link in a phishing communication.’ Works through ISPs and anyone else who has control over a phishing page to redirect consumers to the APWG Landing Page instead of an error message.

– Counter Muling project developing series of video podcasts. Broad media campaigns planned for the future.

Evaluation:

Not found

Sources:

1. ‘APWG Public Education Initiative’ Anti-Phishing Working Group <http://education.apwg.org/index.html> (accessed 24 June 2010).