Indian banks faced more than 1,000 unique phishing attacks between July 2007 and June 2008. The underground economy report prepared by Symantec Corporation for the specified period provides information about the growing underground economy globally.
According to the survey by IT security solutions provider Symantec, corporate data in Indian companies is expected to grow 67 per cent in the next 12 months.
"The growing prevalence and capabilities of the most visible cyber-events of 2010, Stuxnet and Hydraq, have turned the focus on protecting businesses and critical infrastructure." said Shantanu Ghosh, vice president, India Product Operations, Symantec.
Criminals from the Internet's underground economy aren't just content to steal hard-earned money from ordinary users, they are increasingly focusing their efforts on high-end crime.
In the past, users had to visit malicious sites or click on malicious email attachments to become a victim of a security threat. Today, hackers are compromising legitimate websites and using them as a distribution medium to attack home and enterprise computers.
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