Phishing Trends: 2019-2022
Bolster, January 25th, 2023
Bolster has scanned over 1 billion websites and counting to detect phishing and counterfeit pages. We have been reporting on trends for four years and continue to observe an increase in the number of phishing and scam/counterfeit pages.
In 2019, Bolster detected 4.2 million phishing and scam/counterfeit pages. In 2020, that number increased by 66% to nearly 7 million pages with a daily average of 19,000 counterfeit pages detected.
In 2021, the total number of phishing and counterfeit pages increased by 53% over 2020 levels, reaching more than 10.7 million. The average number of phishing and counterfeit pages detected per day also increased to over 29,000 indicating that the threat is not only growing, but also becoming more frequent.