Phishing attacks have been causing havoc for many years. They are becoming an increasing concern around the world. Though earlier, there were only phishing email scams now, we see a massive uptick in the frequency of internal and lateral phishing attacks. As per Verizon's 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), 22 percent of breaches in 2019, involved phishing. Meanwhile, according to APWG's Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q1 2020, phishing attacks rose in prevalence to a level that hasn't been observed since 2016, with over 60,000 phishing sites being reported in March alone.

Phishing attacks have been causing havoc for many years. They are becoming an increasing concern around the world. Though earlier, there were only phishing email scams now, we see a massive uptick in the frequency of internal and lateral phishing attacks. As per Verizon's 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), 22 percent of breaches in 2019, involved phishing. Meanwhile, according to APWG's Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q1 2020, phishing attacks rose in prevalence to a level that hasn't been observed since 2016, with over 60,000 phishing sites being reported in March alone. While the main reason is the lack of awareness of users, security defenders must take precautions to prevent users from confronting these harmful sites.