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The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its
Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzing phishing attacks and identifying theft techniques reported by its members for Q2 of 2020. Key highlights of the report include a significant incr… Continue reading APWG: SSL Certificates No Longer Indication of Safe Browsing
That number represents a big uptick over Q1. Continue reading BEC Wire Transfers Average $80K Per Attack
Companies are losing money to criminals who are launching Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks as a more remunerative line of business than retail-accounts phishing, APWG reveals. High-ticket BEC attacks Agari reported average wire transfer loss fro… Continue reading Phishing gangs mounting high-ticket BEC attacks, average loss now $80,000
Since 2015, PhishLabs has and continues to track how threat actors abuse HTTPS or SSL certs. In particular, threat actors often use HTTPS on their phishing sites to add a layer of legitimacy, better mimic the target site in question, and reduce be… Continue reading Abuse of HTTPS on Nearly Three-Fourths of all Phishing Sites
The latest Phishing Activity Trends Report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), which compiles insights from member companies, announced that the year-end number of reported phishing websites for 2019 reached a record high. Most menacing; … Continue reading APWG Year-End Report: 2019 A Roller Coaster Ride for Phishing
The total number of phishing sites detected by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) worldwide in October through December 2019 was 162,155, following the all-time-high of 266,387 attacks recorded in July through September 2019. Most menacing, however… Continue reading Almost three-quarters of all phishing sites now use SSL protection
This week, APWG released its findings from Q3 that compiles insights from their member companies and provides an analysis of how phishing is changing. The key findings from the latest report show that phishing attacks continued to rise throughout … Continue reading APWG: Two-Thirds of all Phishing Sites Used SSL protection in Q3
The number of phishing attacks continued to rise into the autumn of 2019, according to APWG. The total number of phishing sites detected in July through September 2019 was 266,387. This was up 46 percent from the 182,465 seen in the second quarter of 2… Continue reading Phishing attacks at highest level in three years
This week APWG released its findings from Q2 of this year that compiles insights from their member companies and provides an analysis of how phishing is changing. This quarter’s report shows that phishing attacks continue to increase, both SaaS an… Continue reading APWG: Phishing Continues to Rise, Threat Actors Love Gift Cards
Phishing attacks continued to rise into the summer of 2019 with cybercrime gangs’ focus on branded webmail and SaaS providers remaining very keen, according to the APWG report. The report also documents how criminals are increasingly perpetrating… Continue reading Phishing attacks up, especially against SaaS and webmail services