Postini said phishing attempts decreased by 45% in April 2005, but phishing remains one of the major e-mail threats. E-mail security vendor said it blocked 9 mln phishing attempts during April 2005. The number of virus-infected messages decreased by 30%.
Top ten viruses for April 2005:
- netsky – 12,247,654
- mytob – 6,803,913
- mime – 6,151,535
- bagle – 2,441,596
- bankfraud – 2,421,889
- zafi – 2,004,601
- mydoom – 1,453,998
- lovgate – 1,147,852
- new malware-e – 459,370
- bagz – 316,716