Yahoo and Hotmail users also victims of phishing attack2011-06-03 10:10 by DanielaTags: Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, phishing, security
According to security software vendor Trend Micro, Yahoo and Hotmail users have also been victims of the same phishing attacks that targeted Gmail users.
According to Villeneuve, hackers now use personal Web mail accounts as a way to get information that can help them sneak into computers that would otherwise be locked down.
Earlier this week, Google revealed that the attack comes from computers, based in China, which was the reason for some to think the attack was state-sponsored. However, China's U.S. Embassy said Thursday that China is the victim of cybercrime, not the perpetrator. Read more -here-
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