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Record wave of phishing comes to an ebb in autumn 2016 (Help Net Security)
2017-01-02 13:15

The Anti-Phishing Working Group reports that the year’s record wave of phishing subsided in the autumn. According to the APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report, the total number of phishing websites detected in the third quarter of 2016 was 364,424, compared with 466,065 in the second quarter — a decline of 25 percent. The second quarter of the year had the all-time-high number of phishing attacks, and the decline represents a return to more historical … More →


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