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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The APWG's new
Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that the number of phishing attacks observed by APWG members grew through 2020, fully doubling over the course of the year. Attacks peaked in October 2020, with a high of 225,304 new phishing sites appearing in that month alone, breaking all previous monthly records.
APWG REPORT: Phishing Attacks Double in 2020 and October Shatters All-Time Monthly Records
In Brazil, security firm Axur saw a slower growth in the number of phishing attacks that targeted Brazilian companies and consumers in Brazil. But overall, Axur observed almost twice as many such phishing sites in 2020 as it did in 2019, a concerning year-over-year growth.