Phishing Attempts Decrease, Report Shows

Phishing Attempts Decrease, Report Shows: "Postini said in a statement that it blocked 9 million phishing e-mail messages in April, whereas APWG received reports of 13,353 phishing scams in March, according to the group's March report.

More aggressive spam filtering by Internet service providers and corporations may also be reducing the number of phishing e-mail messages that make it into user in-boxes, he said.

Despite the decrease in phishing e-mail sent to APWG, the group noted an almost 7 percent increase in the number of Web servers linked to phishing attacks: from 2,686 in February to 2,870 in March, suggesting that the problem is still growing.

'That's a substantial chunk of machinery,' Cassidy said."