CNet reports:
The number of “phishing” e-mails circulating on the Web has increased from 279 to 215,643 over the past six months, according to e-mail security company MessageLabs.
This is a scary technology:
According to the APWG’s Web site, the new attack targeted Citibank customers at the end of March. “This sophisticated new attack automatically detects the consumer’s browser and applies a custom JavaScript that replaces the look and feel of the Web address bar with an appropriately designed working fake. You can even type in the bank’s Web address directly into the fake address bar–this is a live piece of JavaScript code, not a static fake address bar image,” the organization said.
