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The infamous “Rock Phish” group has upgraded their infrastructure to use the Asprox botnet, according to eWeek. RSA believes this move was made so that the group can step up their phishing attacks. Great, that means more “Hallmark Cards” and other dubious invitations. Oh noes! My nonexistent account at BofA may have been haxed!



“It’s our suspicion that this lull may be calm before the storm,” said Sean Brady, product marketing manager at RSA. …According to research from MessageLabs, one in every 522.7 e-mails they analyzed in August constituted a phishing attack, a decrease of less than one percent from July. In May however, the rate stood at one in 265.6 e-mails.



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