No. 1 Story
Technology reinforces generation gap
If you believe that technology could be bridging the generation gap, think again. According to Deloitte’s first State of the Media report it’s as stark as ever.
read moreRelated Articles
Global, spam, trends, reveal, taste, for, text, drugs, and, eBayAustralian businesses are becoming soft targets for malicious hackers and they lag significantly behind...
Juniper Networks has extended its SSL VPN security to the iPad with the release...
Virgin Blue late yesterday confirmed it had sacked 20 staff for what the airline...
Microsoft is planning to dish up heapin' helpin' of security bulletins next week. So...
Using the same internal engine as Norton Internet Security 2010, including the new 'reputation...
More From
Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay
Davey Winder
Saturday, 28 June 2008 19:32
Page 2 of 2
Phishing trends, meanwhile, continue to show growth for
spoofed banks and targeted client attacks. "Primarily, forged elements
belong to the US financial organizations, while the possible victims
are now native English speakers who reside in the US, UK or Canada,
although last weeks BitDefender's researchers received several
notifications about ongoing attacks from Spain, Italy and France"
BitDefender told us.- eBay
- Paypal
- Bank of America
- Wachovia
- Fifth Third Bank
- NatWest
- Poste Italiane
- Sparkasse
- Regions Bank
- Volksbank
"Spammers and phishers continue to improve their skills in replicating and forging legitimate message characteristics. However, the simple text e-mails proved their efficiency as well, rounding up the total figure of ID theft victims to 50,000 each month," said Vlad Valceanu, Head of BitDefender Antispam Research Lab.
You think you have a disaster recovery plan?
Think again. Most businesses only have PART of a DR plan - and this spells business disaster in the event of an IT disaster.
Download The Seven Sins of Disaster Recovery White Paper now and find out how you can prevent this happening to you.
