Intelligence from our Anti-Fraud Command Center
Each month the RSA Anti-Fraud Command Center (AFCC) issues its Phishing Intelligence Report with key statistics from its global phishing repository. The reports also include trend analysis derived from the expertise of the AFCC fraud analysts.
The AFCC is a 24x7 war-room that detects, monitors, tracks and shuts down phishing, pharming and Trojan attacks against over 300 institutions worldwide. The AFCC has shut down over 100,000 phishing attacks and is a key industry source for information on phishing and emerging online threats.
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Online Fraud Intelligence Reports
Friday, November 14, 2008
During October 2008, U.S. and U.K. brands remained the most widely targeted brands, with the U.S. holding steady and the U.K. increasing only by 1%. Australia, Canada, Spain, India, Italy and South Africa retained steady rates as
compared to September 2008, with only a few countries altering by one percentage point. Poland entered the list for the first time this month. Mexico entered the list at the 10th position, replacing Columbia as the most targeted country in Latin America.
Friday, November 14, 2008
During September 2008, U.S. and U.K. brands remained the most widely targeted brands, with an increase in the rate attacks by 4% and 2% over August 2008, respectively. The rate of attacks against Canadian brands climbed 2%, moving its position on the chart from seventh to third place. Conversely, the rate of attacks against Italian brands declined 6%, moving its position on the chart from third to sixth place. New Zealand entered the list this month for the
first time.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The distribution of attacked entities remained relatively similar to that of previous months. U.S. brands were the most dominant, and those from the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada and South Africa remained
relatively the same. South Africa has become a more common entity on this list. India and Nigeria both entered the list this month, with India most notably appearing in fifth place.
