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Cyber Risks · Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks

Web-based Threats-2018 Q4: France Rises to #1 for Malicious URL Hosting, US #1 for Phishing

Summary: Unit 42's ELINK system recorded 1,195 malicious URLs in Q4 2018, about 37% more than Q3's 783, with France ranking first at 390 and displacing the United States from the top spot for the first time. The same quarter saw 212,818 phishing URLs hosted across 20,990 domains, more than half hosted in the US, with Microsoft the leading phishing target and Bank of America the only bank in the top 10.

Key Takeaway: ELINK captured 200 times more phishing URLs than malicious URLs, and the report attributes that gap not to any software flaw but to humans being the weakest link - a ratio that puts the burden on user-facing controls rather than patching.

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