[pchelpers] News:Home Users Face Growing Risk of Cyber Attack

By Jennifer LeClaire
TechNewsWorld
09/25/06 9:33 AM PT

Home users are the most targeted group when it comes to financially 
motivated cyber attacks, according to Symantec's latest Internet 
Security Threat Report. Hackers are targeting home users for identity 
theft and fraud because they see them as less likely to have established 
security measures in place, Symantec said.

Hackers are increasingly turning their attention to home users and 
financial services firms with sneaky cyber attacks designed to cash in 
on unsuspecting victims, according to a report from Symantec (Nasdaq: 
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The security software maker on Monday released its latest Internet 
Security Threat Report covering new and ongoing Internet threats from 
Jan. 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006. It reveals that home users account 
for 86 percent of all targeted attacks.

Financial services businesses were most heavily targeted by phishing 
attacks, with those firms' sites accounting for 84 percent of all 
phishing-targeted sites Symantec tracked.

Hackers are targeting home users for identity theft and fraud because 
they are less likely to have established security measures in place, 
Symantec said. What's more, hackers are using a variety of techniques to 
escape detection and prolong their presence on systems in order to gain 
more time to steal information, hijack computers for marketing purposes, 
or otherwise compromise confidential information with financial gain in 
mind.

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