Key highlights of the report include a significant increase in wire transfer loss attributed to business email compromise (BEC) attacks from the first quarter and a 20% increase in BEC attacks targeting the social media sector.
Threat actors hit a new milestone in their abuse of HTTPS or SSL Certs: Nearly 3/4 of all phishing sites now use it.
APWG's Q4 report shows ups and downs for 2019 phishing attacks, with SSL sites, web email, social media and BEC as the top trends.