Whaling and spear phishing scams target executives

Cybercriminals, no longer satisfied with a sweeping, general approach, are adding another weapon to their arsenal - so-called spear phishing attacks, or scams that are targeted at specific individuals.

According to security vendor MessageLabs, the latest targets are executives. Finding the names of top executives is easy - they're usually found on company websites.

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