PHISIHING INCREASES DRAMATICALLY – CHINA IS THE CULPRIT

A recent study by a leading internet security vendor reports a 300% increase in phishing attacks in the last week. It seems that not only does credit fraud peak during the holidays but also phishing and spam attacks.

The report points out that the significant increase is primarily due to a massive jump in phishing messages being sent from South Korea and China. China is now the biggest generator of phishing emails in the world, jumping from 10th position last week.

The significant increase is primarily due to a massive jump in phishing messages being sent from South Korea and China. In addition to the rise in phishing, the report commented that Christmas spam rates have exploded over November. At the end of October there was almost zero Christmas Spam distributed, but it now represents 10.9 per cent of spam overall