It turns out that over 10.5 million phishing and scam sites were established in 2021 alone, something that you can read about in the recent report published by Bolster. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that this represents a 153% increase in the creation of such sites which indicates that cyber criminals are definitely finding a bit of success in this regard otherwise they likely wouldn’t have been spending so much time coming up with such web pages in the first place.
Around 30% of these attacks are being conducted specifically against tech companies, and they often focus on supply chains that can be disrupted in an instant. If a tech vendor has their supply chain hacked, this could create multiple opportunities for hackers to enter consumer networks as well with all things having been considered and taken into account.
Perhaps the most concerning thing about these sites is that they are being hosted by legitimate service providers such as Cloudflare as well as…
