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Financial Phishing Grows in Volume and Sophistication in First Half of 2019

A new report shows how phishing involving websites claiming to be from financial institutions is growing. The report, “The State of Financial Phishing” for the first half of 2019, shows how criminals are getting better at their craft. One of the principal tools in fighting online fraud the green “lock” icon that shows the website is protected by encryption has now been co-opted by criminals to create a false sense of security in their malicious Web traps. Those criminal domains are using techniques like TLS or SSL certificates to look more legitimate.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/financial-phishing-grows-in-volume-and-sophistication-in-first-half-of-2019

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