Cyveillance Publishes Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Report
Cyveillance has announced availability of a report titled “Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft” (PDF) that highlights the growth of Internet attacks and identifies the industries most at risk.
Using intelligence collected through its advanced Internet monitoring technology, Cyveillance’s security experts have identified that the two leading online identity theft risks, phishing and malware, increased significantly in the first two months of 2007, with the number of brands being phished growing by 50 percent and malware attacks growing by 200 percent. As part of its research, the company has also specifically identified more than 1 million suspected stolen social security numbers on the Internet, in just the last two months.
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