The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q2 2024, offering an in-depth analysis of recent phishing attacks and identity theft techniques. Fortra contributed to this report, with John Wilson providing insights on business email compromise (BEC).
Originally published on AWPG.org.
Excerpt:
“Fortra found that 72 percent of BEC attacks in Q2 2024 were launched using a free webmail domain. Google’s Gmail was by far the most popular free webmail provider for BEC scammers, used for 72.4 percent of the free webmail accounts that scammers set up for BEC scams in Q2 2024.”
Explore the full report here.
