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Targeted cyber-attacks up 30% in 2012
- USA: Wednesday, April 17 - 2013 at 06:12
Security software company Symantec has said that internet users are seeing less spam but more targeted attacks, Cnet has reported. Traditional spam accounted for 69% of all e-mail in 2012, down from 75% in the previous year. However, some 247,350 malware attacks were blocked every day in 2012, a 30% jump over 2011, according to Symantec. More cybercriminals are using a special type of targeted cyber-attack known as a "watering hole attack," Symantec noted. The attackers infect a website that their targeted victims are apt to visit, exposing the victims to malware as soon as they access the site, the firm said.
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