Firms warned to protect against internet fraud
Tuesday, 05 April 2005, 15:32 GMT
Computer hacking and fraud is on the increase and smaller businesses urgently need to ensure their IT systems are properly secure, a leading business pressure group is warning today.
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is reacting to reports from internet security firm Symantec that it had noticed a huge surge in 'phishing' attacks in the second half of last year. In July last year, the firm's anti-virus software was preventing around nine million emails containing a phishing attack from getting through to intended victims per week. Within six months, the number of phishing attacks blocked had soared to an average of 33 million a week, according to the report.
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