Attacks on credit unions exceed all other industries in Q2

In a recent Phishlabs article I sent to the list, credit unions are now at the top of the list.

Why? Because they may not have the means to fend off attacks and other means of targeting them efficiently. By nature, credit unions are probably smaller than your typical bank such as Wells Fargo as an example.

Phishlabs, now part of Fortra, does analyses on hundreds of thousands of different attacks.

As shown in the article, attacks can be found on the dark web, which can only be found with tools like TOR as an example of one such application.

The variety of threats advertised on the dark web showcases the challenges organizations face when safeguarding their digital assets. In Q2, credit card data led all other threat types on the dark web, accounting for 61.5% of total volume. Card information is consistently in demand on underground channels, as this type of perpetually lucrative data has enduring appeal for cybercriminals. Credit card volume did decline slightly in share in Q2, dropping 2.6%.

Fraud tools and corporate tools are second and third, according to the article.

Consumer data like you and me were saught after, although it was less in quarter 2 than 1.

For complete details on this, please read the Phishlabs article Attacks on Credit Unions Exceed All Other Industries in Q2 which may have more things besides this in it.