"Spear Phishers" land 15,000 sucker fish


	"Spear Phishers" land 15,000 sucker fish

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A recently released VeriSign report contains further evidence that targeted spam attacks are slowly on the rise. We <A href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080416-ceo-perks-stock-optionsand-specially-targeted-malware.html">covered</A> 
this type of attack back in April, when it became apparent that a number of CEO's and their families had been "served" with 
subpoenas supposedly requiring them to testify in a federal case.  This type of attack is known as "spear phishing," and it 
turns conventional spam wisdom on its head.
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Instead of creating a general message with the goal of enticing a large number of people, spear phishers craft more personal 
missives that are directly targeted at a core group. The legal approach we saw last April was a novelty, but its one of an 
almost infinite number of angles, all of which can be tailored to groups ranging in size from a general profession (electrical 
engineers) all the way down to a specific person at a particular company. 
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