9/20/11

'Spear phishing' aimed at businesses on the rise - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

'Spear phishing' aimed at businesses on the rise - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "Cybercriminals are apparently tired of going "phishing" these days.

According to a recent report on spam in the enterprise by IT security firm Trend Micro, "spear phishing" is the new sophisticated method being employed by spammers to lure their victims into giving up personal information.

"Spear phishing," much like its namesake, means targeting the spam attack on a specific victim, which could be a high-ranking government official or the top executive in a certain business organization.

"A typical spear-phishing attack initially involves conducting research on who to specifically send a phishing email to in order to gain access to data that phishers normally steal," the Trend Micro report said."

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