Semi-annually, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) publishes the Global Phishing Survey: Trends and Domain Name Use. This reports addresses phishing trends and underscores the significance of phishing by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. In this report, the APWG examines all the phishing attacks detected in the first half of 2013 (“1H2013”, January 1 to June...
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 the evolution, proliferation, and propagation of crimeware by drawing from the research of its member companies. This rep...
Security awareness training is important. In today’s business environment, information security is important. Securing information helps keep competitive advantages, meet regulatory compliance, and satisfy customer expectations. Security compromises can be expensive in direct expenditures, such as fixing a vulnerability, and indirect costs, such as damage to reputation. A...
When conducting social engineering testing as part of an audit or security assessment, should the client provide a listing of employees to test? Doing so is generally termed white box testing, as detailed information is provided to the auditor. The term “white box testing” was originally used to describe a form of software testing where detailed information on the software applicatio...