Over one million phishing websites are created every month

Every month, almost 1.5 million new phishing websites are created. This is according to a new report by Webroot, showing just how big of an industry phishing really is. The Webroot Quarterly Threat Trends Report says that 1.385 million new phishing sites are created every month. May was the busiest of them all, with 2.3 million sites created. The report also says these sites are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect, while the goal always remains the same -- to trick the unsuspecting visitor into giving away personal information. The interesting thing about these sites is that they stay up very short --… [Continue Reading]