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Security NewsJune Virus Top 10Wed, 05 July 2006No significant changes on the malware front
As for the monthly ranking of phishing scams, in June we have an incredible amount of new targets.
Last month security experts from Avira had warned that the phishing authors are searching new phishing targets, pointing out the tendency of phishers to target smaller institutions, whose clients are more vulnerable because they never had been exposed to such cyber attacks. Thus, it should come as no surprise to find out that this month we have an incredible amount of new targets such as First National Bank, élan Credit Card Services, Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, Ohio Savings Bank, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Corporate America Family Credit Union, CB&T, Wainwright Bank, Netspend Corporation, Nationwide, mbna, TDECU, BECU, CUNA, Internal Revenue Service, Santa Barbara Bank and Trust, Banca Intesa, Wachovia, TIB and others. Besides these attacks, we also discovered a Paypal phishing that used a new trick in order to make it harder to turn the phishing sites down. The URL in the email referred to a site that contained nothing but a script. This script had various URLs implemented and selected one from its list random. Avira strongly recommends all users to be careful with suspicious emails and unexpected attachments, no matter what interesting subjects they might claim to be carrying and to update their security product on a regular basis. If you want to know more about these forms of cyber crime, please see or search for detailed descriptions on our website: http://www.avira.com/en/threats/index.html For more information on how to recognize a phishing fraud, take your time to read our dedicated page: http://www.avira.com/en/threats/what_is_phishing.html Remember that we are here to assist you against the malware threat. Get rid of your doubts when facing a suspect file: just send it to and we will analyze it for you. Take a moment to see how to submit malware and then follow our instructions to send the suspicious file: http://original.avira.com/en/pages/How_to_submit_malware.html About Avira Avira (formerly H+BEDV) is one of the pioneers in the IT security area. The security specialist has been developing as from 1988 cross-system security solutions for business and private customers under the brand name AntiVir. Some of these customers are leading national and international companies, various educational institutions as well as public entities. The product portfolio comprises high-performance security solutions for workstations, file servers, web servers and mail servers as well as for PDAs and smartphones. The acquisition of the datapol technologies in 2006 provides Avira with additional leading technological solutions to protect and recover systems. The company doesn’t only have a wide range of products in the Windows environment; it is also one of the technology leaders in the UNIX market. Moreover, the company introduced the first SAP certified security solution for SAP NetWeaver in 2005 on the market. The Avira AntiVir scanner is awarded the VB 100% on a regular basis. The high competence of the company in the IT security area is also documented through the close collaboration with the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). The Avira security solutions can be obtained from the numerous Avira resellers, who represent and distribute the products all over Europe and abroad. Company Contact: Avira GmbH Adela Kohl/Gernot Hacker Lindauer Str. 21 D-88069 Tettnang Telefon: +49 (0) 7542-500 0 Telefax: +49 (0) 7542-525 10 Email: Press contact: Jacklin Montag LEWIS Global PR Tel.: +49 (0) 89-17 30 19 19 Email:
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