Wednesday, May 9, 2018

where would you want to spend your security dollars based on the following:


The Wandera’s Phishing Report 2018 shows 
(1) iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to download malware,
(2) 4000 new mobile phishing websites are launched every day.
(3) 57% of all Internet traffic coming from mobile devices.
(4) 170% increase of SMS phishing
      and
       A 102% increase in social app phishing from 2017 to 2018.
(5) The average iOS user has 14 different accounts on their work phone.
(6) 90% of cyberattacks start with a phishing attack
(7) Users are 3x more likely to fall for phishing on mobile than desktop.





Applications where mobile phishing attacks originate
  • Messaging (17.3%)
  • Social media (16.4%)
  • Dating (6.2%)
  • Gaming (11.3%)
  • Email (15.4%)



Top 5 apps for messenger phishing
1. Messenger (inbuilt iOS/Android)
2. WhatsApp
3. Facebook Messenger
4. LINE
5. Viber

Top 10 brands targeted by phishing attacks
  1. Facebook
  2. Apple
  3. Google
  4. Amazon
  5. Paypal
  6. Government sites
  7. Microsoft
  8. Fox News
  9. Dropbox
  10. Whatsapp.



Top 5 TLDs that host phishing attacks

  • .com
  • .ga
  • .tk
  • .ml
  • .cf

No comments:

Post a Comment