1、4th Quarter 2024 Activity October-December-September 2024 Published 19 March 2025 Unifying the Global Response To Cybercrime PHISHING ACTIVITY TRENDS REPORT Phishing Activity Trends Report 4th Quarter 2024 www.apwg.org infoapwg.org 2?Phishing Activity Trends Report,4th Quarter 2024 Table of Contents

2、 Statistical Highlights for 2nd Quarter 2017 3 Phishing Trend:Smishing Attacks Toll Operators 4 SMS Phishing Attacks Toll Operators 4-6 Most Targeted Industry Sectors 7 Business e-Mail Compromise 8 (BEC)Cash Out Methods 9 Registrars Used for BEC Attacks 10 Free Webmail Providers Used by Phishers 10

3、APWG Phishing Trends Report Contributors 11 Phishing Trends Upward:Toll Road Scams Flood Phones Leveraging new phishing kits and the.TOP gTLD,Chinese phishers are flooding smartphones with SMS-based phishing messages Phishing Activity Trends Summary In the fourth quarter of 2024,APWG observed 989,12

4、3 phishing attacks,up from 877,536 in Q2 and 932,923 in Q3.pp.3-4 Chinese phishers are sending floods of SMS phishing messages,enabled by a new phishing kit and.TOP domain names.pp.4-6 The SAAS/Webmail category was the most-attacked sector,with social media sites close behind.p.7 The average amount

5、requested in wire transfer BEC attacks in Q4 2024 was$128,980nearly double the third quarters average.p.8 Phishing Report Scope The APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzes phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques,as reported to the APWG by its member companies,its Global Research P

6、artners,through the organizations website at http:/www.apwg.org,and by e-mail submissions to reportphishingapwg.org.APWG measures the evolution,proliferation,and propagation of identity theft methods by drawing from the research of our member companies and industry experts.Phishing Defined Phishing