Phishing attacks have hit new records for volume and frequency during past two months. Cyveillance analysts and outside observers attribute the increased volumes to many influences, most notably the worldwide financial crisis and the relentless efforts by phishers to elude detection. The Anti-Phishing Working Group reported earlier this month that crimeware-spreading URLs infecting PCs with password-stealing code rose 93 percent in the first quarter to 6,500 sites, nearly double the previous high of November 2007.”]
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