"Phishing at All-Time High; 1 Million Attacks in Q1 2022"

According to the APWG's latest Phishing Activity Trends Report, 1,025,968 total phishing assaults were observed in the first quarter of 2022, marking the first time the three-month total surpassed one million. In March 2022, APWG observed a record monthly total of 384,291 phishing attacks. APWG founding member OpSec Security revealed in the first quarter of 2022 that phishing attacks against the financial sector, including banks, account for 23.6 percent of all phishing. Attacks on webmail and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers were still prevalent, while attacks on retail/eCommerce sites decreased from 17.3 to 14.6 percent following the holiday shopping season. Phishing against social media sites increased dramatically, from 8.5 percent of all attacks in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 12.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022. Phishing attacks targeting cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet providers grew from 6.5 percent to 6.6 percent. This article continues to discuss key findings shared in APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report. 

Security Magazine reports "Phishing at All-Time High; 1 Million Attacks in Q1 2022"