Over 20% of Phishing Attacks targets Banks and Financial Firms: Report
Based on the data from the Kaspersky Security Network Cloud service, Kaspersky Lab has presented a report on the “The Evolution of Phishing Attacks 2011-2013”. The report reveals that the number of Internet users who faced phishing attacks over the last 12 months has grown from 19.9 million to 37.3 million – an increase of 87%. Social networking sites are among the main targets of cybercriminals.
Nikita Shvetsov, Deputy CTO (Research), Kaspersky Lab, said, The volume and variety of phishing attacks detected during the survey indicates that phishing is not merely one tool among many for the illegal enrichment of fraudsters, but represents a significant and visible threat. These attacks are relatively simple to organize and are demonstrably effective, attracting an increasing number of cybercriminals to this type of illegal activity. The volume of phishing attacks, which according to Kaspersky Security Network nearly doubled in a single year, confirms this trend.
However, the data from this survey confirmed that the scale of phishing attacks has reached such a significant level that they should be regarded as a dangerous threat category of their own, not merely an offshoot of general spam. In fact, email is no longer the most common delivery mechanism for phishing emails. For example, only 12% of all registered phishing attacks were launched via spam mailings. The other 88% of cases came from links to phishing pages which people followed while using a web browser, a messaging system (Skype, etc) or otherwise interacting with the computer.
The key findings of the survey reveal that the number of unique attack sources – such as fraudulent websites and servers – has more than tripled from 2012-2013.
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