Scammers take aim at Gmail, VoIP and MySpace
27 July 2006
Old-school spam going down, phishing and Web 2.0 attacks going up
MySpace, Gmail and VoIP services such as Skype are the top new targets for security attacks, according to a report out today.
Old-school spam going down, phishing and Web 2.0 attacks going up
MySpace, Gmail and VoIP services such as Skype are the top new targets for security attacks, according to a report out today.
Web security firm MessageLabs warned that security threat levels have remained stable overall, but attackers are switching away from email inboxes and towards social networking sites and other Web 2.0 phenomena.
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, July was "a month of victimisation" for high-profile and popular sites and services, with MySpace, AOL's AIM and Gmail all being used for attacks.
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