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Where have all the phishers gone? Gone to graveyard everyone?

August 26, 2009 - 9:53am | Fraud | News
Where have all the phishers gone? Gone to graveyard everyone?

A new report released by IBM Corp on Wednesday showed that the volume of phishing emails has decreased significantly over the recent months. IBM midyear security report revealed that phishing accounted for just 0.1 percent of all spam in the first six months of this year. In the same period in 2008, phishing made up 0.2 percent to 0.8 percent of all spam.
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cyber attack | email | IBM | malicious software | online security | phishing scam | spam | Symantec
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Australian and Indian users are the most vulnerable, VeriSign reports

July 6, 2009 - 6:45am | Fraud | News
Australian and Indian users are the most vulnerable, VeriSign reports

According to a new study conducted by VeriSign, 86% of Australian internet users are at risk of online fraud, while in India the amount of vulnerable users makes up 76%. 

According to the research, Australia is one of the most vulnerable nations, as well as the UK and the USA, while Germany and Sweden are the best at protecting themselves online. Thus, USA has the minimum chances of recognizing a phishing site amid Sweden, Germany, Denmark, USA, UK, Australia and India, countries chosen for the survey.   
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Australia | India | Internet fraud | phishing scam | risk | USA | users | vulnerability
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