Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks

Iria · Jul 2, 2007, 04:52 PM

Source: News.com
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Online miscreants have targeted 500 key business executives in what is believed to be the first mass-targeted malicious-software attack, according to security vendor MessageLabs.

Targeted attacks aim to bypass security measures by individually addressing e-mails, which often contain zero-day exploits.

Jul 2, 2007, 04:52 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks Source: News.com _______ Online miscreants have targeted 500 key business executives in what is believed to be the first mass-targeted malicious-software attack, according to security vendor MessageLabs. Targeted attacks aim to bypass security measures by individually addressing e-mails, which often contain zero-day exploits.