India, which earns the sobriquet of IT super power, continues to hold another distinction, dubious though. It retains its leadership in the list of top spam originating countries in the world with a share of 11.5 per cent.
Financial and e-payment organisations were the worst victims of phishing attacks. Online stores and e-auctions was the second major group that attracted by hackers most. When making a purchase in a fake online store a user enters his credit card information which then becomes the trophy of the fraudsters.
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.
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 and the UK. Because the tax organisations in these countries are the phishers' preferred targets among all government agencies.....
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