Brand Protection in the Online World Quotes

“As an example of the scale of this issue, a 2015 study found that over 27,000 domain names had been most probably registered specifically by fraudsters for use in phishing attacks, in the second half of 2014 alone (APWG, 2015).”
― David N Barnett, Brand Protection in the Online World: A Comprehensive Guide

“Of the phishing sites identified in the second half of 2014, more than half were found to have remained active for more than 10 hours, with a mean uptime of almost 30 hours. In total, 569 distinct institutions were found to have been targeted by phishing attacks during this period (APWG, 2015).”
― David N Barnett, Brand Protection in the Online World: A Comprehensive Guide

“Of the phishing sites identified in the second half of 2014, more than half were found to have remained active for more than 10 hours, with a mean uptime of almost 30 hours.”
― David N Barnett, Brand Protection in the Online World: A Comprehensive Guide

“In the same year, it was estimated that around 31 per cent of these phishing attacks targeted financial institutions, with just 25 distinct international banking organizations accounting for almost 60 per cent of banking phishing attacks. Over 22 per cent of all attacks were found to make use of fake banking websites (Kaspersky Lab, 2014).”
― David N Barnett, Brand Protection in the Online World: A Comprehensive Guide

“Nearly 450,000 distinct phishing attacks were identified in 2013, resulting in a total estimated financial loss of almost US $6 billion (RSA, 2014).”
― David N Barnett, Brand Protection in the Online World: A Comprehensive Guide