Internet: attacks aimed at banking take place from phishing
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By: Roberta de Matos Vilas Boas
SAO PAULO - The internet is demanding more attention and care of users. According to the IBM report on Trends and Risks X-Force 2009, for the first half, links harmful grew over 500% in the period, and some changes in the way of attacks were also noted.
One refers to phishing attacks targeted at financial targets, which are being replaced by Trojans focused on banking. Thus, although the first form of attack is decreasing, it means more financial security.
In the first six months of the year, the total phishing, those directed to the financial sector accounted for 66%, against 90% for the same period last year. The targets of online payment accounted for 31%.
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Besides the increase in harmful links, the report indicates that there was growth in the presence of harmful content on sites of high reliability and credibility, including popular search engines, blogs, public meetings, Web sites and online magazines.
Also noted was the use of more sophisticated methods to gain access and manipulate data from users. This is demonstrated by the high level of holdings in the web is not detected, especially in PDF files. "It is the largest ever seen, surpassing all the vulnerabilities of this type found around the year 2008," says the manager of IBM ISS (Internet Security Systems), Joao Gaspar.
Source: InfoMoney
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