Security News > 2020 > November > Fraudsters increasingly creative with names and addresses for phishing sites

The number of phishing incidents in 2020 is now set to increase 15% year-on-year, though this could soon change as second waves of the pandemic spread. The three primary objectives for COVID-19-related phishing emails were identified as fraudulent donations to fake charities, credential harvesting and malware delivery.

"The risk of being phished is higher than ever and fraudsters are increasingly using digital certificates to make their sites appear genuine," said David Warburton, Senior Threat Evangelist at F5 Labs.

As per previous years' research, fraudsters are becoming ever more creative with the names and addresses of their phishing sites.

In 2020 to date, 52% of phishing sites have used target brand names and identities in their website addresses.

According to recent research from Shape Security, which was integrated with the Phishing and Fraud report for the first time, there are two major phishing trends on the horizon.

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