Phishing Attacks Up By More Than 200%

[Trev]

Phishing Attacks Up By More Than 200%

Phishing attacks have increased by 226%, while viruses and worms, such as Sober and Mytob, also continued to spread rapidly through e-mail and Web applications, according to IBM's May Global Business Security Index.

IBM security experts attribute the increase in phishing attacks to the rise of zombie botnets being used to pump out massive volumes of the scam e-mails used in phishing attacks, as cyber-criminals look to increase their profits.

IBM's report also indicates that in May more than 30% of e-mails contained some form of virus -- a 33% increase from the previous month. In many instances, the virus traveling via e-mail infiltrated a computer's hard drive and then forwarded itself to the user's entire address book.


In addition, IBM reports that application hacking is how 90% of target systems are exploited. Two critical points in Web application security are the creation and management of sessions and filtering all data input. These types of compromises from a Web application can lead to exposure of banking information, private sensitive data like credit card information, and competitive intelligence information.

Key findings from IBM's report include that in May, 1 in 32.2 (3.12% of all e-mail) e-mails contained some form of virus or trojan attack, a significant increase over the past month of 33%

"IT systems have become so crucial to today's business operations, work productivity, and customer service, that even a small disruption can have serious impact on business operations, and loss of data integrity or confidentiality can lose a customer base that took years to build," said Cal Slemp, vice president, security and privacy services, IBM Global Services.

The IBM Global Business Security Index Report is a monthly report that assesses, measures and analyzes potential network security threats based on the data and information collected by IBM's 2,700 worldwide information security professionals and half


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I found this to be very interesting as I've received 5 or 6 emails from The Bank Of Scotland regarding my account, needless to say I didn't enter any details on the site especially after noticing that the "l" was a "1" <_<



The numbers are frightening though.

[Peaches]

What always amazes me is that most of the time they are pulling graphics off the REAL website's servers. Apparently no one in mainstream has ever heard of .htaccess