RSA, the security brand of EMC, in its May Fraud Report highlighted that, the US accounted for 42.5% of brands attacked by phishing. The UK was on the second rank with 19% share, followed by India with a share of 8%, as reported by Business Standard on June 09, 2011.
Global phishing attacks remained almost unchanged during April, 2011. Overall, 17,376 attacks were acknowledged by RSA during April 2011, a decline of just 1% compared to March 2011. Still, regardless of the almost similar number of attacks, the number of brands targeted declined by 12%, indicating that almost the same number of attacks attacked a narrower list of brands.
As per the report, during April 2011, 301 brands attacked by phishing scams globally. Regardless of this decline, the number of brands attacked during April 2011 is roughly 30% higher than the last year's average of 236 targeted brands monthly. Additionally, 8 brands experienced their first phishing attack during April 2011.
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