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* Tabnabbing, which takes advantage of multiple tabs that Internet users may frequently use and redirects the Internet user to the wrong website. <ref>[http://www.crustiz.com/web-2-0/tabnagging-new-phishing-attack/ Tabnagging]</ref>
* Tabnabbing, which takes advantage of multiple tabs that Internet users may frequently use and redirects the Internet user to the wrong website. <ref>[http://www.crustiz.com/web-2-0/tabnagging-new-phishing-attack/ Tabnagging]</ref>
* Pop-up windows which may appear from legitimate and original websites but request financial and credential information.
* Pop-up windows which may appear from legitimate and original websites but request financial and credential information.
==Protection against Phishing Practices==
==Protection against Phishing Practices==
# Be suspicious regarding email links
# Be suspicious regarding email links
# Submit credit card information only on secure websites with secure payment options.<ref>[http://www.anti-phishing.info/avoid-phishing.html Phishing protection]</ref>
# Submit credit card information only on secure websites with secure payment options.<ref>[http://www.anti-phishing.info/avoid-phishing.html Phishing protection]</ref>
==Trajectories==
In the early 2020s, phishing began growing in popularity among [[Threat Actor|threat actors]] even as [[DNS Abuse]] in general appeared to trend down.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/last-four-years-retrospect-brief-review-dns-abuse-trends-22mar22-en.pdf DNS Abuse Trends Retrospective, ICANN Files]</ref>
On July 19, 2022, [[Interisle Consulting]] reported that:
* phishing attacks were up by 61 % over the previous year,
* phishing reporting went up by 72 %,
* 76% of domains for phishing were registered with nTLDs (34% were split between [[.com]] and [[.net]],
* phishers are targeting big tech brands, and
* cryptocurrency phishing increased by 257 %.<ref>[https://interisle.net/PhishingLandscape2022-ExecutiveSummary.pdf 2022 Phishing Landscape Executive Summary, Interisle]</ref>
==References==
==References==