MessageLabs: Online fraud increases dramatically

Security firm MessageLabs said that phishing attacks in the recent past have shown signs of increasing strongly, especially attacks that have a clear target on the leaders of well-known brands.

According to the statistics from the latest report from MessageLabs, every email sent to 87.2 has an online phishing email. Although only slightly higher than the number of January (1 in 93.3 emails), it is enough to show the development trend of online fraud. Hackers are increasingly interested in using this form of attack more.

Considering in terms of email containing security threats - for example email containing viruses, computer worms, trojans, scams . - then phishing email accounts for 56% of total emails of this type sent separately in last September by.

MessageLabs's research experts, which have led to a dramatic increase in phishing attacks, are the widespread popularity of phishing attacks and tools to support phishing attacks. With these tools, even users without a lot of technical knowledge can organize phishing attacks. Anyone can buy these tools at hackers' own black markets.

MessageLabs also said that at present, business leaders have become very attractive targets of online fraud. Emails sent to these objects often falsify employee reports, forging Microsoft to send warning messages . These email-type attachments are often malicious codes that steal information.

Once again the reason for the sharp increase in the number of attacks on business leaders is the popularity of tools to support phishing attacks as well as services to help spread malware.

Hoang Dung