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title: "Managers in the crosshairs of hackers - Ventas de Seguridad"
description: "The latest news for Latin American integrators, contractors and wholesalers in electronic security."
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#  [ Managers in the crosshairs of hackers](https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/news/latest-news/432-technology/13623-managers-in-the-crosshairs-of-hackers.html "Managers in the crosshairs of hackers")

      Details     21 August 2008           *![](https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/images/stories/12-05/vds-12-5-noti-gerente.jpg)Chile/International.* According to the latest report on virtual crimes, prepared by experts for McAfee, social networks, such as Facebook, and IP telephony are some of the new criminal targets. *Phishing* is now targeting company executives and even managers; this specialization derives in the name *spear phishing*, in which a notice is sent to a department pretending to be an audit entity, or *whaleing*, personalized phishing, aimed at *capturing* large funds using the manager of the companies. Similarly, *phreaking* (intrusion into the telephone network to make long-distance calls) and *vishing* *(phishing*, but in VoIP networks) increased by 100% in 2007, and a further increase of 50% is expected this year. Another threat is Internet-connected phones, which can receive infected files, and the risk of traditional phone system collapse from IP network attacks. The crime is offered as a service, with fees of up to a thousand euros for a Trojan virus to steal credit card numbers. According to a study by the UK House of Lords, 5% of the world's computers are zombies.      ###  No comments

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