Spyware Security

In a new twist on phishing, fraudsters are sending out e-mail that attempt to trick people into sharing personal information over the phone.

Cloudmark, a San Francisco-based e-mail security company, said it has seen two separate attacks this week. In both cases, the spammed message warns of a problem with a bank account and instructs the recipient to dial a phone number to resolve it, the company said in a statement published Wednesday.

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U.S. junk e-mailers sent more spam than those in any other country during the first quarter, a security company recently reported, although China is hot on America’s heels.According to U.K.-based Sophos, U.S. senders accounted for 23.1 percent of the world’s spam in 2006’s first three months. Chinese spammers sent 21.9 percent of global junk mail during the same period.

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