RE: Recent rise in Phishing attacks

From: James C Slora Jr (Jim.Slora_at_phra.com)
Date: 10/08/04

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:53:59 -0400

    We also get big phishing spikes like this from time to time. Our big spikes
    usually include phishes for several local banks instead of just the typical
    online ones. These are generally sent through a dictionary attack (random US
    surnames at domain dot com) and to a short list of real addresses.

    I guess that they are targeted at a list of businesses in a particular
    region for each batch of the phishing spam.

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