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Information Technology News Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay
Information Technology News Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay | Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Sunday, 29 June 2008 | |
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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.
"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.
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