Anti-Phishing Working Group

• APWG Finds Phishers Lurk in Familiar Waters

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 15, 2011

  A survey of phishing attack targets by the Anti-Phishing Working Group found that many of them were repeat victims of hackers.

• APWG Cites Online Payment Services as Phishing Favorite

  By Marc Rapport  |  February 2, 2011

  Online payment services continue to be the favorite target of phishing fraudsters, according to a new report from the APWG.

• Avalanche Gang Now Focuses on Zeus Trojan

  November 3, 2010

  The world's most active phishing gang is no longer phishing as much, researchers said, but that's not necessarily good news.

• APWG Report Finds Phishing Gang Changing Tactics

  By Marc Rapport  |  October 25, 2010

  The Avalanche phishing gang, reputedly the world's most active, has changed tactics, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

• Phishers Are Spreading Their Nets

  October 6, 2010

  Financial institutions are not alone. A leading cyberfraud watchdog group said that social networking, online classifieds and online gaming industries are increasingly the focus of phishing gangs out looking for personal account information.

• APWG Says Phishing Targets Widen

  By Marc Rapport  |  September 27, 2010

  Phishing gangs are apparently casting a wider net.

• CEOs Vulnerable to Scammers Who Target Whales

  By Eileen Courter  |  September 15, 2010

  As far as some people are concerned, if you're a CEO, you're a whale.You could be a target, and so could your business accounts. After all, why would criminals want to scam

• APWG Report Cites 'Avalanche' of Phishing

  By Marc Rapport  |  May 14, 2010

  Two-thirds of all phishing attacks detected worldwide in the second half of last year can be traced to a single electronic crime syndicate, according to a new report.

• Phishing Gains Across Brands

  March 17, 2010

  Crime syndicates are expanding their efforts well beyond big banks and online merchants as they phish for cyber victims, according to a major antifraud collaboration.

• Phishing Gains Across Brands

  March 17, 2010

  Crime syndicates are expanding their efforts well beyond big banks and online merchants as they phish for cyber victims, according to a major antifraud collaboration.