Also see the All About Phishing page in the "Did You Know? section of Webopedia for more information, including examples, of phishing.

Spear Phishing Pokes at Enterprise Users
An e-mail security company says the incidence of very specific phishing attacks, so-called "spear phishing," is on the rise.

Spear phishing reaches epidemic proportions
The global plague of highly targeted "spear phishing" is reaching epidemic proportions with new research claiming that some firms are even resorting to launching fake attacks against their own employees to test network security levels.