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IBM Reports On Spear Phishers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

FrenchyinOntario writes "IBM reports that while "regular" phishing is declining the black hats are now engaging in targeted spear phishing to glean as much information about a specific identity as they can for all the usual cybercrime reasons. It concerns authorities because the usual suspects - criminal and terrorist organizations - will want to take advantage of this, but the chilling part is how your identity will now be dependent on multiple institutions protecting your personal information, as opposed to eBay, PayPal, your bank, etc."

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  1. So the phishers have refined their tactics by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't see that coming. Maybe their old tactics weren't working so well, so they had to adapt?
    Naw, it's an intelligent design!

  2. Another stupid cutesy technical term? by Heffenfeffer · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Spear phishing'? Oh great, what's next? Bass phishing - searching for orders made at koss.com Phly phishing - searching for info in TRL posts Net phishing - Oh, wait...

  3. Re:Slashdotted, mirror here by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Karma has nothing to do with it. I do it for the sheer pleasure of annoying the heck out of people like you.

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