[pchelpers] News:Phishing Overtakes Viruses And Trojans

January 30, 2007

Phishing attacks have outnumbered e-mails infected with viruses and
Trojan horse programs for the first time, according to security experts.

Security mail services vendor MessageLabs reported on Monday that in
January 2007, one in 93.3 e-mails (1.07 percent) comprised some form of
phishing attack. There were fewer e-mails--one in 119.9, or 0.83
percent--infected with viruses. 

The difference in the ratio of phishing to virus attacks is partly due
to virus attacks becoming more targeted and no longer occurring as one
large outbreak. This includes the recent Storm Worm and Warezov attacks,
according to MessageLabs. 

More here:
http://hightechmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?c=140&a=9751
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