The first 6 spam hubs in Russian anti-virus solutions firm Kaspersky's latest report for January, 2012 are from Asia and Latin America, followed by Italy and the UK.
Highlights of Kaspersky report..!
^ Financial & e-payment firms were the worst victims of phishing attacks.
^ Also includes e-pay systems such as universal credit card associations as well as credit institutions, unit trusts and investment companies
* Online stores and e-auctions was the second major group that attracted by hackers most.
* User accounts in many online stores are aligned with their credit cards and contain personal information such as name, email id, address and telephone number
* When making a purchase in a fake online store a user enters his credit card information which then becomes the trophy of the fraudsters.
* No wonder, then, 20% of all anti-phishing component detections fell on phishing attacks targeting different stores and auctions.
* The other happy hunting ground for hackers is social networking sites.
* User accounts on these sites remain attractive for fraudsters as they have great demand on the black market.
* Emails & IMS (Instant Messaging System) accounts too are in great demand as they are very popular in the underground market.
* Users registered on mass media sites too are a target for attacks.
* These accounts may be somehow aligned with social networking accounts that are the real targets of hackers.
* The security solutions firm also noticed a seasonal kind of attack such as taxes.
* Accounts of users registered on government sites too are a target.
* Most of the attacks are launched when tax returns are due to be filed in the US & the UK. Because the tax organisations in these countries are the phishers' preferred targets among all government agencies.
Spam Mail (%)
India - 11.6
Indonesia 8.1
South Korea 7.7
Brazil 7.6
Peru 3.9
Italy 3.2
Spam By Category (%)
Computer Fraud - 39.2
Personal Finance - 20.5
Education - 12.8
Computer & Internet - 8.6
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