2009-Q3 Phishing Trends Report released
Internet Identity released its Phishing Trends Report: An Analysis of Financial Fraud Threats for Third Quarter 2009. Highlights of the report include:
- Avalanche continued strong, comprising 36% of all phishing
- Several smaller banks targeted for the first time
- Avalanche phishing increased 70%
- Attacks against government-controlled servers increased
- Worldwide, .gov domains were increasingly targeted
- Top countries hosting non-Avalanche phishing attacks
US hosted 46%
- South Korea climbed, overtook Germany in September
- Number of attacked brands down slightly
- Banks remain targeted by over 50% of volume
- Malware Lab: Analyzing the Avalanche-distributed Zeus malware
- Front Line Report: Why “technical” takedowns are a dangerous idea
The Phishing Trends Report may be downloaded in PDF format.
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