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Over the past few years, targeted attacks against organizations have become increasingly common and have gained notoriety.

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Beyond the Initial Compromise

People choose their passwords based on different factors: how easy they are to remember, how strong or complex they are, the sentimental value they have, etc.

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Passwords—Can’t Live With ‘em, Can’t Live Without ‘em

In 2005, the European Commission embarked on a new policy framework that embraced all aspects of the “information society.” This framework, called i2010 - A European information society for growth and employment , provides the broad policy guidelines for the information, c

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New Healthcare IT Landscape and Related Security Needs

Symantec has recently observed a trend of phishing sites attacking brands that feature online classifieds. The legitimate classifieds brands help customers seek and exchange information on various categories such as employment, real estate, automotive, matrimonial, and so on.

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Fraudsters Running a Classified Ad Campaign

In the past couple of months, Symantec has observed a mass phishing attack on two major brands that provide retail electronic payment services for banks across the globe.

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Mass Phishing of Retail Electronic Payment Brands

Symantec previously reported a phishing attack on the Indian Income Tax Department . Phishing emails boasting of tax refunds were sent to users in an attempt to entice citizens to enter their credentials on a bogus website.

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Attacks on Indian Income Tax Department Continue

In February, spammers continued to use the news of the earthquake in Haiti and the recent earthquake in Chile as another vector to utilize.

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Spam and Phishing Landscape: March 2010

Following our blog, 0-Day attack on IE6: JS.Sykipot doesn’t spare retired software , covering the recent IE 0-day , we thought it might be interesting to look at an attack in the wild using this vulnerabili

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Backdoor.Sykipot At Work

Internet Explorer 6 may have taken its path to retirement but it still remains a good target for exploits, as we can see from JS.Sykipot .

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Zero-Day attack on IE6 – JS.Sykipot Doesn’t Spare Retired Software