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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