Collaborate Disseminate
More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a number of large web hosting providers and domain registrars, new research finds. Continue reading Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck”
The third quarter of 2022, APWG observed 1,270,883 total phishing attacks — is the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. The total for August 2022 was 430,141 phishing sites, the highest monthly total ever reported to APWG. Over recen… Continue reading Reported phishing attacks have quintupled
The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the second quarter of 2022, the APWG observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks — the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. This Help Net Security video uncovers how the number… Continue reading Phishing activity exploded in Q2 2022
The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the second quarter of 2022, the APWG observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks — the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. The total for June was 381,717 attacks or phis… Continue reading Phishing attacks skyrocketing, over 1 million observed
The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the second quarter of 2022, the APWG observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks — the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. The total for June was 381,717 attacks or phis… Continue reading Phishing attacks skyrocketing, over 1 million observed
The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the first quarter of 2022 there were 1,025,968 total phishing attacks—the worst quarter for phishing observed to date. This quarter was the first time the three-month total has exceeded o… Continue reading Phishing reaches all-time high in early 2022
APWG saw 316,747 phishing attacks in December 2021 — the highest monthly total observed since it begain its reporting program in 2004. Overall, the number of phishing attacks has tripled from early 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the financial sec… Continue reading Phishing attacks hit all-time high in December 2021
An APWG’s report reveals that it saw 260,642 phishing attacks in July 2021 – the highest monthly total observed since APWG began its reporting program in 2004. Overall, the number of phishing attacks has doubled from early 2020. APWG Senior… Continue reading Phishing attacks top 260,000 in Q3 2021
The APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that phishing maintained near-record levels in the first quarter of 2021, after landmark increases of 2020 in which reported phishing websites doubled. The number of reported phishing website… Continue reading Phishing maintained near-record levels in the first quarter of 2021
The number of phishing attacks grew through 2020, fully doubling over the course of the year. Attacks peaked in October 2020, with a high of 225,304 new phishing sites appearing in that month alone, breaking all previous monthly records, according to A… Continue reading Successful BEC attacks become 56% more costly