Phishing and Vishing Trends: Both on the Rise According to BankInfoSecurity

A couple of interesting articles from the always awesome Bank Info Security today, noting that various forms of phishing are on the rise. First up, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported that all types of phishing are on the rise. In the APWG's report for the third quarter of 2009, phishing reports to the organization rose to a record 40,621 (in August 2009). More, including some quotes form the APWG's chairman, Dave Jeavans, here:

BankInfoSecurity: Phishing Trends: Numbers up, Corporate Accounts Targeted

Phone-based phishing scams (often called "vishing" - for VOIP or voice phishing) have also surged recently. In an article out today (Vishing Scam: Four More States Struck, Five Institutions Say Customers Received Fraudulent Calls) Linda McGlasson at BankInfoSecurity reports that:

"Financial institutions in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Mississippi report being hit by these "vishing" attacks in the past two weeks. Five different institutions -- three credit unions and two banks - say their customers have received vishing calls from fraudsters."

The article includes details of the various attacks.

Links:

Phishing Trends: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2119&rf=013010eb

APWG Report: http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/apwg_report_Q3_2009.pdf

New Vishing Attacks: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2138