MarkMonitor did a four-week study on cybersquatting (in which illicit sites usurp popular trademarks – false association with a particular brand). They monitored the online content referring to the top 25 brands, which amounted to about 134 million public Web records. They registered 286,000 examples of cybersquatting directed towards these brands.
In terms of phishing activity, they noted a 104% rise during the month of Mach from the same month in 2006. 229 brand name companies were targeted in those attacks.
Statistics: 41% of all phishing attacks are targeting financial institutions in Q1 2007. “The latest quarter was the first time banks had outpaced online auctions such as eBay Inc. as targets. Auctions suffered 36% of phishing attacks.”
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