[pchelpers] News:Computing staff Publicise the phishing facts

Without further information, the 8000 per cent figures, while striking,
is largely meaningless

Computing, 21 Dec 2006

Apparently phishing is not just on the rise – it is exploding. The
number of incidents of criminals using spam emails to persuade people to
part with online banking passwords has rocketed by 8,000 per cent in
about 18 months.

Such astronomic growth may be down to the attractions of armchair
international law-breaking: phishing is easy money for minimal outlay,
far from both the scene of the crime and its legal penalties.

But statistics are rarely so simple. Phishing’s massive rise may also be
because internet banking customers are wising up, forcing phishers to
launch more attacks for the same return.

Without further information – namely the number of those attacks which
are successful – the 8,000 per cent figure, while striking, is largely
meaningless.

More here:
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/computing/comment/2171361/publicise-phishing-facts
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