Cyveillance recently announced to have come up with its latest report, “Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft,” which draws attention to the escalation of Internet attacks and makes out the industries most in jeopardy. Making use of intelligence gathered via its sophisticated Internet monitoring technology, Cyveillance’s security specialists have recognized that the two prime online identity theft risks, phishing and malware, grew considerably in the initial two months of 2007, with the numeral of brands being phished increasing by 50% and malware attacks rising by 200%.
The company, as part of its research, has also specially spotted over 1 million alleged pilfered social security numbers on the Internet, in only the past two months. Phishing assaults were one of the largest raises that Cyveillance kept an eye on through the last twelve months with almost each big financial institution and a rising numeral of small to medium-sized financial institutions getting the most frequently beleaguered. The number of firms being phished has been over and over again on the rise by over 200 latest brands every quarter, with a fresh augment of 50 per cent from January to February, high from 800 to 1,200 distinctive brands phished.
