Can it Get Much Worse - Yes!

Silicon.Com reports that phishing attacks have outstripped the number of emails infected with viruses and Trojans for the first time.

Reportedly, phishing sites are now using Flash content rather than HTML in an attempt to evade anti-phishing technology deployed in web browsers

With as many as 5000 malicious new URL's appearing daily, January 2007, has seen one in 93.3 (1.07 per cent) emails comprised some form of phishing attack, according to security mail services vendor MessageLabs. There were fewer emails infected with viruses: one in 119.9 emails, or 0.83 per cent.