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Good news / bad news on phishing

Phishing attacks are down, but that just means you need to look out for something else.

By Jeff Caruso on Wed, 08/26/09 - 1:45pm.
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The good news, according to IBM, is that spam-based phishing attacks are down noticeably. The bad news is that this probably means attackers are just shifting to other methods for stealing personal data that are more effective.

Russian criminals are apparently the biggest believers in phishing, as Russia is the top country of origin for that type of attack.

Ellen Messmer has details.

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Jeff Caruso is Executive Online Editor at Network World.