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."

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[Slash Veteran]

So what.

If you're stupid enough to fall for these scams, tough shit.

Unlike viruses which waste bandwidth, further spam via spam zombies, and endangers the internet due to their destructive nature, phishing is one thing I really could give two rats' asses about.

Next you're going to want me to get all up in arms about Nigerian 419 emails. Fuck it, I've got important things to worry about.