1、 1st Quarter 2026 Activity January-March 2026 Published 21 May 2026 Unifying the Global Response To Cybercrime PHISHING ACTIVITY TRENDS REPORT Register Now for eCrime 2026:apwg.org/events/ecrime2026 eCrime 2026 Sponsorship:ecrime2026apwg.org November 2-6 Lisboa,Portugal apwg.org/events/ecrime2026 Jo
2、in Us as the Symposium on Electronic Crime Research Enters Its Third Decade Phishing Activity Trends Report 1st Quarter 2026 www.apwg.org infoapwg.org 2?Phishing Activity Trends Report,1st Quarter 2026 Table of Contents Statistical Highlights 3 Most-Targeted Industry Sectors 4 Social Media Threats 6
3、 Business Email Compromise 9 APWG Phishing Trends Report Contributors 13 About the APWG 13 Phishing,Scams Expand on All Social Media as Telecoms Targeting Rises Phishing Report Scope The APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzes phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques,as reported to
4、 the APWG by its member companies,its Global Research Partners,through the organizations website at http:/www.apwg.org,and by e-mail submissions to reportphishingapwg.org.APWG measures the evolution,proliferation,and propagation of identity theft methods by drawing from the research of our member co
5、mpanies and industry experts.Phishing Defined Phishing is a crime employing both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers personal identity data and financial account credentials.Social engineering schemes prey on unwary victims by fooling them into believing they are dealing w
6、ith a trusted,legitimate party,such as by using deceptive email addresses and messages,bogus web sites,and deceptive domain names.These are designed to lead consumers to counterfeit Web sites that trick recipients into divulging financial data such as usernames and passwords.Technical subterfuge sch