The Anti Phishing Working Group released its Global Phishing Survey on Monday covering the first six months of 2010. Overall, the survey reported a steep decline in the number of phishing sites 48,244. That s a 38 percent decline from the preceding six months and the lowest number since the first half of 2008. The group says a big reason for the decline is a shift by The Avalanche phishing gang from phishing scams to distribution of the Zeus Trojan, rather than actions by large tech vendors and infrastructure owners.
Source: https://threatpost.com/report-phishing-activity-down-and-thats-bad-thing-102110/74596/