Phishing Attacks
Reach Record High
After several months of decline, phishing attacks rebounded in
November 2005 to reach an all-time high, a security organization
announced in a new report.
According to data collected by the Anti-Phishing Working Group
(APWG), a collection of over 2,000 companies, banks, ISPs, and
government agencies, 16,882 unique phishing attacks were reported
in November. That was a 6.7 percent increase over October's 15,820
attacks, the previous record.