Post on 18-Nov-2014
description
Phishing Trends 2013
A Summary Of TheAPWG Global Phishing
Survey 1H 2013
Survey Covered January 1 – June 30th
2013
Covered Traditional Phishing Tactics
Spear-Phishing
Phishing Attacks Worldwide
72,758
Mass Compromises
27%Of All Phishing Attacks
Led To
Use Of URL Shorteners
Decreased Significantly
Unique Domains Names
53,685 Attacks Used
Phishers Continue To Register Domains forMalicious Use
53,685 phishing domains
12,173 Registered By Phishers*
23%Suspected Malicious Domain Registration
Of Malicious Domain Registrations Were In ThreeTop-Level Domains:
.COM .TK .INFO
82%
Of Phishing Targets or Brands Is Up♯
1,244 phishing domains
used the brand name or a variation
99
from last survey
720 Institutions Targeted
Average Uptimes For Phishing AttacksAre Climbing
44 H
ours
39
Min
utes
22 XAverage And Median Uptimes Are Twice Those of 1H2012
What Does All This Mean To Businesses?
Phishing Remains A Real Threat
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