October is designated as cybersecurity awareness month but, according to this month's fraud report from RSA, you'd be hard pressed to say that the message on IT security is getting across, as the firm has just thwarted its 500,000th phishing attack against one of its client's systems. According to the report, during the month, phishing attacks rose by 45%, hitting an all-time high of 38,970 in September. The increase, says the security firm, is largely attributed to repeated attacks on a handful of large financial institutions. Delving into the research reveals that the US hosted two out of every three attacks in ...