For months now, a massive spear phishing campaign has been targeting employees of over 100 e-mail service providers, with the goal of compromising their computers and those of marketing companies that handle campaigns for the biggest and best-known brands …
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed that one of its high-ranking employees was targeted in a spear phishing attack by a foreign intelligence agency looking to steal military secrets. According to The Register , the incident occurred sometime last …
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Wired magazine’s Kim Zetter comments on and analyzes a recent report from security software maker Symantec that says spear phishing is dramatically on the rise. Spear phishing is used to plant bots and other malware on victims’ computers. “The number of …
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