Posted April 18, 2016
Phishing Report: Top Targets
Week of April 10- April 16, 2016
PhishingPhishing: The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. Activity In this week’s phishing report, we saw a decrease (>60%) in overall phishing activity for the top 20 brands we’re tracking, grouped by industry. The biggest decreases in phishing activity occurred in eCommerce (>85%), Storage and Systems Management Software (>75%), and Electronic Payment Systems (>70%). Our Phishing Report offers a snapshot into the weekly trends of the top industries that are being targeted by phishing attacks. By pulling information from major ISPs, partners, clients, feeds, and our own proprietary honeypots and web crawlers, we are able to get a 360-degree view of the phishing landscape. The percentages posted on our blog are based on the sum of the phishing threats of the top 20 brands, and do not include anything below the top 20 threshold.
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