[APRALO-Policy] Phishing report

[Gopal Tadepalli]

Thank you Dr. Maureen Hilyard for the post in the trace.

It may be useful to study this report in conjunction with "my choice"
paper titled:

The Psychology of Internet Fraud Victimisation: a Systematic Review
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology Vol. 34, Pp 231–245, 2019
https://d-nb.info/1202645739/34

Sincerely,



Gopal T V

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On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 9:40 PM Maureen Hilyard via Apralo-policy <
apralo-policy at icann.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone
> FYI - A new report is out about Phishing (attacks that steal user data)  :
> https://interisle.net/PhishingLandscape2021.html
>
>
>
> Some key takeaways from the report:
>
>    - *Most phishing is concentrated at small numbers of domain
>    registrars, domain registries, and hosting providers.* 69% of the
>    domains used for phishing were registered in 10 Top-level Domains and 69%
>    were registered through just 10 registrars.
>    - *Phishing attacks are disproportionately concentrated in new gTLDs
>    (nTLDs).* While the new TLDs' market share decreased during our yearly
>    reporting period, phishing among the new TLDs has increased.
>    - *Phishing domain registrations in some TLDs are overwhelmingly
>    dominated by a small number of registrars.* In some cases, 90% or more
>    of the malicious domains in a TLD were registered through one gTLD
>    registrar.
>    - *41% of all phishing attacks occurred at just ten hosting providers.* We
>    identified 4,110 hosting networks (ASNs) where phishing web sites were
>    reported. 28% of all phishing attacks occurred on just four hosting
>    networks.
>    - *Phishers targeted 1,804 businesses or organizations during the 1
>    May 2020 to 30 April 2021 period.* The top 10 brands targeted over the
>    course of our annual period account for 46% of the reported phishing
>    attacks.
>    - *When phishers register domains, they tend to use them quickly.* 57%
>    of domains reported for phishing were used within 14 days following
>    registration and more than half of those were used within 48 hours.
>
>
> Maureen
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