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Targeted Attacks on the Rise Print E-mail
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang   
Security It's the other end of the threat spectrum: Instead of a massive attack on hundreds of your users, it's one message, sent to a single user, containing a backdoor Trojan -- or worse.

Such narrowly-targeted attacks are becoming more popular than ever, according to a new report issued today by MessageLabs. The messaging security company says it identified 716 emails in 249 targeted attacks last month. The attacks targeted 263 different domains, belonging to 216 different customers.

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