CUPERTINO, Calif. – Financial services remain a top target for attackers, although the prime choice still is home computers, according to Symantec, a global provider of online security solutions. Phishing forays and domain name bot attacks, in which unprotected computers become "zombies" for sending spam, number in the millions each month, the firm says its research shows. The United States and China, meanwhile, are the two countries at the top of the list as home base for the nefarious doings.

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