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.