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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 19 October 2007 | |
  
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The company has published a graph to illustrate the decline over the last year. The reason I'm feeling a little sceptical about the improvement is that every one of the phishing emails reaching my inbox this month have been aimed at eBay. Sophos' sample is far bigger than mine, but in recent months I'd noticed the absence of phishing emails aimed at banks and other financial institutions. Phishing is the practice of sending mails designed to lure the unsuspecting addressee to a fake website in the hope of collecting usernames and passwords, which can then be used to carry out fraudulent transactions. |
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