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Spear Phishing Attacks - How? Why?

Spear Phishing Attacks - How? Why?

Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets a specific organization, seeking unauthorized access to confidential data. Spear phishing messages appear to come from a trusted source. Phishing messages usually appear to come from a large and well-known company or website with a broad membership base, such as eBay or PayPal. In the case of spear phishing, the appa

May 09, 2016 Read Article
What is Phishing?

What is Phishing?

Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive informative such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is the illegal attempt to acquire sensitive information for malicious reasons.

Apr 25, 2016 Read Article
Summary of Global Phishing Survey 2H 2014

Summary of Global Phishing Survey 2H 2014

Semi-annually, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) publishes the Global Phishing Survey. This report addresses phishing trends and underscores the significance of phishing by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. In this report, APWG examines all the phishing attacks detected in the second half of 2014, July 1 through December 31).

May 18, 2014 Read Article
Phishing Activity Trends Summary 2013

Phishing Activity Trends Summary 2013

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Phishing Activity Trends Report 2013 analyzes phishing attacks reported to the APWG by its member companies, its Global Research Partners, through the organization’s website and by e-mail submissions. The APWG also measures

Sep 24, 2013 Read Article