Rejoice, Blighty! UK is the TOP of the WHOLE WORLD ... for PHISHING

  • 16 September 2014
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By Darren Pauli, 16 Sep 2014
 
British punters are being served three times as many phishing links to trojans and exploit kits than the US, and five times more than the Germans, according to a ProofPoint study.
The security researchers say that while the English were being served more malicious links, Germans were hit with the greatest amount of unsolicited spam.
 The scams aimed to lift British wallets through banking trojans and phishing emails mimicking organisations like the Royal Bank of Scotland.
 
The Register/ full article here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/16/study_finds_uk_worlds_top_phishing_spot/

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It will drop by about 25% once the Scots leave :D
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It will drop by about 25% once the Scots leave :D
Good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/crazy-smileys/smilie_frech_074.gif

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