Phishing Steals Spotlight at MIT Conference

Bob Brown writes "Companies are coping with spam, but phishing is another matter altogether, according to researchers at the annual MIT Spam Conference this week. From the article: "The response rate for phishing e-mails is much higher than for spam, says Paul Judge, CTO of messaging security maker CipherTrust. So while spammers have to send more and more unsolicited e-mail these days, as anti-spam filters get better at identifying and blocking spam, phishing attacks are well enough disguised that a higher percentage get through such filters, and more recipients click on them, he says."

Comments

Geez. Will it never end?

[BigZaphod]

First phishing steals identities and now its stealing spotlights, too? And not just any spotlights, either - but MIT spotlights! This has got to stop...

Re:Two words

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, tell me that when your mother's Chase Manhatten retirement account is wiped out because somebody managed to steal her password. Tough shit, deal with it.