Anti-Phishing Working Group Report
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (“APWG”) is worldwide watchdog organization composed of more than 1,800 companies, government agencies and solutions providers. APWG is committed to wiping out internet scams and fraud. The APWG just released their First Half 2010 Report. You can get the full report here: http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/APWG_GlobalPhishingSurvey_1H2010.pdf The report discusses the disturbing trend we reported in our October 22, 2010 IRS Warning posting. This is the trend of using fraudulent emails to trick people into infecting their own machines with malware. The APWG explains that unlike the bad old days, where the criminals took victims to fake websites to [...]