Where the Phishing is Best
Symantec, the security software company, released its, "The State of Phishing" report. In February, the most popular of attacks were seeking money through fraudulent tax refunds.
Also of note, 84 percent of fraud activity was directed at the finance industry. Key targets were banking sites and e-commerce in general. 13 percent was targeted at information services where sending spam was the desired use of that information.
On a brighter note, the number of unique sites used for phishing fell 1.8 percent in February 2008 as compared to the month before.
Also of note, 84 percent of fraud activity was directed at the finance industry. Key targets were banking sites and e-commerce in general. 13 percent was targeted at information services where sending spam was the desired use of that information.
On a brighter note, the number of unique sites used for phishing fell 1.8 percent in February 2008 as compared to the month before.
posted by Andy at
2:45 PM
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Hi
Last week many CEO‘s received a phishing email that included their company name and phone number. The email appeared to come from a U.S. district court. The email looked like a subpoena to appear in court on a civil case and instructed the CEO to download a document from a website listed in the message.
I’ve read that this was a recent example of what they call a whaling attack – a phishing attack targeting executives in corporate offices like CEO’s, etc.. There have been many articles and blogs suggesting that this attack was especially sophisticated and difficult for spam filters to catch.
Remember, that it is not legal to send a subpoena via email unless it has been agreed to by all parties. Also the URL for all U.S. federal courts is “courtname.uscourts.gov” and not
“uscourts.com” as listed in the email. So beware of this and other sophisticated phishing attacks. An additional FYI: The Abaca Email Protection Gateway (www.abaca.com) service was the only service I know that quarantined these emails.
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