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Criminals Flock To The Internet, Survey Finds | |
Criminals flock to the Internet, survey finds.
September 25, Reuters
Criminals are increasingly trying to trick citizens into giving them their bank account details, according to a survey published on Monday, September 25, which showed such phishing attempts almost doubled in the first six months. Over 157,000 unique phishing messages were sent out around the world in the first half of 2006, an increase of 81 percent compared with the six−month period to end−December 2005. Each message can go to thousands or hundreds of thousands of consumers, according to the bi−annual Internet Security Threat Report from security software vendor Symantec. "Organized crime is here and they are very interested in phishing. They target home users who have become the weakest link," said research scientist Ollie Whitehouse. Another trend in the first half of the year is that phishers have become more sophisticated, dodging spam filters and other defense mechanisms designed by service providers and software companies to keep out the criminals.
Report: http://eval.veritas.com/mktginfo/ent...n−us.pdf
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpW...092500007.html |
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