Cyveillance said it detected nearly 180,000 distinct phishing attacks this summer, one of the highest rates it's seen so far, and that hackers are now increasingly adding social network sites, voice and SMS texting channels to their traditional e-mail spam arsenal.
The provider of cyber-intelligence services to financial institutions serving more than 30 million end users said its June-August report contradicts findings by tech giants IBM, Microsoft and Symantec, which Cyveillance said studied primarily the e-mail channel to base its findings that phishing attacks were declining.
"There has been a natural evolution of attack vectors over the years, which began with malware on floppy disks, progressing to emails, Web sites and now other avenues including Twitter, Facebook and even cellular phones," said Panos Anastassiadis, president and CEO of Cyveillance in Arlington, Va.
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