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Phishing attacks get personal...
« on: May 17, 2005, 09:46:51 AM »
They've got their hands on your details...

Security researchers are reporting a new brand of phishing attack that attempts to use stolen consumer data to rip off individual account holders at specific banks.

Workers at hosted security services company Cyota are sharing the details of this more sophisticated form of phishing threat, which forsakes the mass-targeting approach traditionally used in favour of taking aim at individual consumers. The security company would not disclose the names of the banks involved in the attacks, but said its list includes some of the largest financial-services companies in the US.

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This came to me while chopping wood the other day. You've heard don't sweat the small stuff. I say save it for later and use it for kindling