Phishing Attacks: Analyzing Trends in 2006.

摘要: This paper analyzes trends seen in phishing attacks throughout 2006 based on real-world data obtained through Symantec’s collection fabric. We examine both the prevalence and breakdown of web sites as well frequency emails. Beyond just extent collected, our study differs from previously published studies this area two regards: • discuss methodology (together with its limitations biases) so that readers are better positioned to place results appropriate context; perform a fine-grained analysis considering seasonal & day-of-week effects, geographic distinctions, brand segmentations, geographic/population targets. found number intriguing properties attacks. These include fluctuations activity related what brands being spoofed. also determined industries, regions, languages, population segments appear be targeted these