Payment processors remain phishers’ favorites

guest · Mar 7, 2019

Payment processors remain phishers’ favorites
March 5, 2019
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/03/05/payment-processors-remain-phishers-favorites/

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its latest Phishing Activity Trends Report, which shows that the number of fraudulent websites designed to steal people’s sensitive data fell as 2018 went on.

The drop – from some 263,000 such sites flagged by the consortium in the first quarter of last year to around 138,000 in the last quarter – may be thanks to anti-phishing efforts and/or it may be “the result of criminals shifting to more specialized and lucrative forms of e-crime than mass-market phishing”, reads the report.

Having said that, APWG also notes a rise in concerns that the lower numbers may just as well be partly due to under-detection.
Nevertheless, payment processing sites continue to lead the way, with phishers using their names in a third of attacks.
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Phishing Activity Trends Report - 4th Quarter 2018 (PDF - 1.86 MB): https://docs.apwg.org/reports/apwg_trends_report_q4_2018.pdf

guest · Feb 11, 2020

PayPal tops the list of most phished brands
February 11, 2020
https://betanews.com/2020/02/11/most-phished-brands-list/

Predictive email defense company Vade Secure has released a new report ranking the top 25 brands most impersonated in phishing attacks.

The report covering the final quarter of 2019 shows PayPal is the top brand impersonated by cybercriminals for the second quarter in a row, with Facebook taking the number two spot and Microsoft coming in third.
The results are based on analysis of the number of unique phishing URLs detected by Vade Secure and made publicly available on www.IsItPhishing.AI.

While PayPal phishing was down 31 percent compared to Q3, the volume was up 23 percent year on year. With a daily average of 124 unique URLs, PayPal phishing is a threat targeting both consumers and SMB employees.
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Vade Secure’s Q4 2019 Phishers’ Favorites Report: PayPal leads, note phishing increases, and smaller banks become bigger targets

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