2 May, 2006 - 1:37pm

A recent study by the Anti-Phishing Work Group has found that phishing attacks and phishing-based Trojans have reached record numbers, up by 30% and over 100%, respectively since last year. This and analysis like David Sifry's new State of the Blogosphere that show 60% of pings are from spammers, really make the case for Identity 2.0 and why we need a new means for handling identity and reputation on the Web.