Security News > 2019 > September > Phishing attacks up, especially against SaaS and webmail services
2019-09-17 03:15
Phishing attacks continued to rise into the summer of 2019 with cybercrime gangs’ focus on branded webmail and SaaS providers remaining very keen, according to the APWG report. The report also documents how criminals are increasingly perpetrating business email compromise (BEC) attacks by using gift card cash-out schemes. The number of phishing attacks observed in the second quarter of 2019 eclipsed the number seen in the three quarters before. The total number of phishing sites … More → The post Phishing attacks up, especially against SaaS and webmail services appeared first on Help Net Security.
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