Many blogs on the Symantec website are very informative and visually explain - "what is phishing". These efforts have brought down the instances of user-mistakes (such as clicking URL in an email, submitting information to untrusted website etc..). But we have yet to see browser manufacturers addressing the root cause of phishing. Phishing is still a big concern for a new Internet user, especially kids. I see a parallel between usual phishing and Internet crime against kids. Both have same root cause - who can be trusted on the wild-wild-web? 

Explaining "phishing" to a layman: The Internet scammers develop a website which looks just like your bank or merchant. Then the scammer will send you an email that appear an official email from your bank or merchant. This email will ask you to approve a transaction you recently made, or re-verify some personal information by clicking a weblink. If you are not careful and click the weblink you may not realize...

Don't know if this has been brought to peoples attention yet, but as of May 22, 2009 Symantec has released a new site devoted to Symantec's podcasts. These podcasts cover a wide variety of products and ideas. Customers and employees alike will be able to subscribe to these podcasts and receive RSS updates whenever new podcasts are available. The website for the podcasts is at http://www.symantec.com/podcasts .  In general these podcast are broken down into eight different categories. These categories include:

Security Response—Learn how to avoid phishing attacks, how Norton AntiVirus products help protect your environment, how to safeguard your smartphones and PDAs, how to protect against business disruptions, and more.

Home Users—Topics cover online family safety, how to prevent cyberbullying, protection against identity...