As a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed earlier this year, there has been a notable rise in the number phishing attacks. It’s a widespread problem, posing a huge risk to individuals and organizations (there were, for example, more attacks in Q1 2016 than in any other quarter in history). Needless to say, […]
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) observed more phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2016 than at any other time in history. According to a new report, the total number of unique phishing websites observed in Q1 2016 was a record 289,371, with 123,555 of those phishing sites detected in March 2016. Those quarterly and […]
Phishers continued to target shared virtual servers as a means to propagate their attacks during the second half of 2013, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). In the group’s latest report on global phishing trends, APWG researchers reported that 18 percent of all phishing attacks worldwide could be attributed to the activity. “In this […]
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