A Practical Analysis of the Rise in Mobile Phishing

Phishing attacks continue to evolve in order to bypass mitigations applied within the industry. These attacks are also changing due to the attacker’s desire for a greater return on investment from their attacks against the common internet user. The digital landscape has been ever-changing since the emergence of mobile technologies. The intersection of the internet and the growing mobile user-base fueled the natural progression of phishers to target mobile-specific users. This research investigates mobile-specific phishing attacks through the dissection of phishing kits used for the attacks, presentation of real world phishing campaigns, and observations about PayPal’s insight into mobile web-based phishing numbers.