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IN THE HEADLINES: From Spear Phishing to Whale Phishing

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 7, 2011

You’ve probably heard of phishing – those annoying emails pretending to be from a bank, a retailer, or some other reputable organization and trying to trick you into revealing some personal information. There have been many variations on that theme over the years, as crooks move from email to text messaging and even phone calls. [...]

For today’s digital criminal, whose bread and butter is information and identities, his workplace is wherever people gather online in larger numbers. Places like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Another reason why so many thieves are gathering around the crowds is that the crowds don’t seem to be aware or worried that thieves might be lurking [...]


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