APWG: Phishing Attacks Reach Highest Level in Three Years

guest · Nov 5, 2019

APWG Q3 Report: Phishing Attacks at Highest Level in Three Years
Brands Under Siege Rise to More Than 400 in Q3 2019
November 5, 2019
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...APWG-Q3-Report-Phishing-Attacks-Highest-Level

According to the APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report, the number of phishing attacks continued to rise into the autumn of 2019. The total number of phishing sites detected by APWG in July through September 2019 was 266,387. This was up 46 percent from the 182,465 seen in the second quarter of 2019, and almost double the 138,328 seen in Q4 2018.

“This is the worst period for phishing that the APWG has seen in three years, since the fourth quarter of 2016,” said Greg Aaron, APWG Senior Research Fellow and President of Illumintel Inc.
In addition to the increase in phishing volume, the number of brands that were attacked by phishers in Q3 was also up notably. APWG contributor MarkMonitor saw attacks against more than 400 different brands (companies) per month in Q3, versus an average of 313 per month in Q2.
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APWG: Phishing Activity Trends Reports

Summary – 3rd Quarter 2019

The number of phishing attacks rose in the third quarter of 2019, to a high level not seen since late 2016.

Forty percent of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks use domain names registered by the criminals, a strategy used to fool unwary victims.

More than two-thirds of all phishing sites used SSL protection. This was the highest percentage since tracking began in early 2015, and is a clear indicator that users can’t rely on SSL alone to understand whether a site is safe or not.

Phishing that targeted webmail and Software-as- a-Service (SaaS) users continued to be biggest category of phishing.

Phishing also rocketed upwards in South America.

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APWG: "Phishing Activity Trends Report – 3rd Quarter 2019" (PDF - 1.64 MB): https://docs.apwg.org/reports/apwg_trends_report_q3_2019.pdf

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