Phishing attacks rocket as defences crumble

Vikingod · Jan 16, 2007, 01:02 AM

Source: PC Pro
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Phishing attacks continue to escalate both in numbers and sophistication according to Internet monitor Netcraft.

The headline figure is that the firm's anti-phishing toolbar stopped 609,000 confirmed phishing sites last year. The figure dwarfs the respective figure for 2005: just 41,000.

Netcraft says that software kits making it relatively easy to create phishing attacks, and their propagation across botnets saw numbers explode in the final quarter of the year.

Jan 16, 2007, 01:02 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Phishing attacks rocket as defences crumble Source: PC Pro ____________ Phishing attacks continue to escalate both in numbers and sophistication according to Internet monitor Netcraft. The headline figure is that the firm's anti-phishing toolbar stopped 609,000 confirmed phishing sites last year. The figure dwarfs the respective figure for 2005: just 41,000. Netcraft says that software kits making it relatively easy to create phishing attacks, and their propagation across botnets saw numbers explode in the final quarter of the year.