was, it seems, is phishing. Internet Security Software maker Symantec released a report on the state of phishing, seeking a 52% increase in July. Incredibly, 63% of the identified URLs were created using boxes phishing tools.
Courtesy of Symantec
Syamantec defines boxes phishing tools:
to automated tools boxes facilitate the creation of phishing Web sites. They allow individuals to create and carry out phishing attacks, even without any technical knowledge.
It seems like cheating. Hacking your data are not only for pirates anymore.
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In other news, is not only being hacked for computer users of all days. At the DEF CON hacker conference last week, countless participants had their ATM cards and pin numbers pilfered by an automatic distributor false set up in the lobby, Riviera Hotel. Participants at DEF CON hacker range of real-world federal agents. Someone suspect the ATM machine (and really, who would not suspect there?) Shined a flashlight inside and found a PC instead of a security camera. Somehow someone snuck into the ATM false, literally under the nose (s) of hotel security. It was just outside their office, in a place out of sight of the hotel's security cameras.