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US banks biggest target for phishing scams, reveals RSA

Danny Palmer

29 September 2014 • 1 min read

Report also suggests US-based servers are perpetrating a significant percentage of attacks

Banks in the US are the biggest targets of phishing attempts by cyber scammers, while the US is also the number one source of these targeted attacks, a report by RSA, the security division of stora...

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