According to this Reuters story, phishing -- the use of email to pose as someone's bank or other trusted institution in order to trick people into divulging their passwords or other sensitive information -- is on the rise, with the first six months of 2006 seeing 81% more unique phishing messages than the last six months of 2005. A researcher quoted in the article states that organized crime has become very interested in phishing.
Phishing Up 81%, Tied to Organized Crime
Posted by: | Joey deVilla on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 12:05 PM EDT | |
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Keywords: | phishing, email | |
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