Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) report says there were 289,371 unique phishing sites in Q1 2016 and 123,555 in March 2016 alone. These are the highest ever recorded quarterly and monthly totals in the history of APWG, which first started tracking phishing activities in 2004. Retail/service sectors were the biggest targets with the most attacks on cloud-based or SaaS companies. APWg plans to discuss strategies to confront the growing menace of cybercrime at its annual general meeting in Toronto next week.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/apwg-phishing-attacks-jump-250-from-oct-through-march