December 07, 2005

Email Phishing Targets One in Four

NEW YORK (Reuters, via eWeek)�Roughly one in four U.S. Internet users are targets of phishing attacks�phony e-mails seeking personal financial data�according to a study conducted by Time Warner Inc.’s Internet unit AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance.

In a phishing attack, e-mails ask prospective victims to verify personal information through links to real-looking Web sites. [read the rest of the article]

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