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July Phishing Attacks Ravaged North America!
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| by Brian J. Gillette |
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 trimMail Network Advisory: Email-based
phishing attacks intercepted by trimMail Inboxes across
North America are up a whopping 271% this month, while
viruses have receded by 58%. Forty three percent of all
phishing attacks are aimed at PayPal customers, while
another 10% target eBay. In the same period, phishing
attacks aimed at banks have dropped over 25%.
Currently, over half of the intercepted phishing attempts
target two sisters: eBay and PayPal. Both persist in
sending HTML-formatted messages. While HTML may provide a
modicum of eye candy, it allows attackers to easily hide
dangerous scripts and URLs behind otherwise innocuous
appearing copy. That's why HTML formatting is ridiculously
inappropriate for messaging by financial and other
security-sensitive services.
However, as it is unlikely that giant e-mailers will
change formatting tactics anytime soon, administrators
would be wise to intercept the beasts lurking behind HTML
at the network border, before they get a chance to clean
out their users.
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| About
the Author: Brian J.
Gillette is the editor of trimMail's Email
Battles, a daily newsletter that covers the most
interesting news from the front lines of the spam wars:
spam, security, privacy, viruses and phishing. |
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