Security News > 2022 > June > How phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated
2022-06-27 04:30
The latest APWG's Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the first quarter of 2022 there were 1,025,968 total phishing attacks-the worst quarter for phishing observed to date.
This quarter was the first time the three-month total has exceeded one million.
There were 384,291 attacks in March 2022, which was a record monthly total.
In this video for Help Net Security, Joshua Crumbaugh, CEO, PhishFirewall, talks about how cybercriminals are taking their phishing attacks to a new level.
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