Symantec: Phishing activity up in July

[DKT27]

Phishing attacks rose 52 percent in July while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to the latest reports from Symantec that tracked spam and phishing activity for the month.

With some fluctuations, spam averaged around 89 percent of all e-mail in July, noted Symantec. That compares with about 90 percent for the month of June. There are distinct trends in certain types of junk mail. Image spam, which sneaks past filters by embedding spam in an image, accounted for 17 percent of all spam at one point in July. Health-related spam declined 17 percent, while 419 spam (often better known as Nigerian hoax spam) rose 3 percent.

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[DKT27]

So no one getting phishing emails recently?

Well my junk/bulk folder has seen increased emails from last two months.

[manpe]

Nope, I haven't got any.

But I remember some years ago there were some hackers sending emails to online bank clients, asking to confirm or change their details (including the current passwords, which had to be inserted). I didn't fall for it, but many of my fellow citizens did, and it was on the news for several days warning about it.

If done smartly, phishing can be very deceitful and hard to recognize.

[DKT27]

Well. I get many of them but max 3-4 a day. Many people get about 100 of them in a day. ANW I have a special way to insult the phishers. I will make a thread on it in jokes section. :lol:

[Bizarre™]

I rarely get spam in my mail, since I use disposable e-mail addresses most of the time :bag:

[DKT27]

You change you email on forums everytime?