phishing test

Here are some phishing stats from SonicWall:

  • 6.1 Billion – Number of phishing e-mails sent world-wide each month
  • $1, 200 – Average loss to each person sucessfully phished (Federal Trade Commission)
  • 15, 451 – Number of unique phishing attacks in January 2006 (Anti-Phishing Working Group)
  • 7, 484 – Number of phishing Web sites found in January 2006 (Anti-Phishing Working Group)

Sonic Wall also puts a very interesting test for your online safety [link]. Try it and see how safe you are. I LOVE that test!!!