New Study Reveals Extent of Losses Due to Phishing
Attacks |
Trusteer, a security
solutions vendor, recently released the results of their study which shows how successful
phishing attacks are, how many users
respond to phishing
attacks, and how many users submit their login information to criminal websites. The results
are alarming. Among them:
- Each phishing attack involves a very small percentage of customers (0.000564%), but
due to the large number of phishing attacks, the aggregated number is significant
- 45% of bank customers redirected to a phishing site divulge their personal
credentials
- 0.47% of bank customers fall victim to phishing attacks each year, translating to
$2.4M-$9.4M in annual fraud losses per one million clients
- Each financial institution was targeted, on average, by 16 phishing websites per
week, translating to 832 phishing attacks per year per bank brand
Despite efforts by browser developers and security vendors to protect users from phishing
attacks, a small number apparently are still able to bypass anti-spam/phishing protection –
and when they do, the results can be damaging.
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