Fraud & Social Engineering
Phishing Reports Fall 42.6% in June While Abused URLs Rise 3.2%
The Phishing Countermeasures Council recorded 72,370 phishing reports in June 2026, a 42.6% drop from 126,061 reports the previous month. Despite the decline in reports, the number of malicious URLs increased to 42,241, up 3.2% from the prior month. More than 90% of the phishing emails received by the council's monitoring addresses used unique domains. The largest share of attacks targeted the EC sector at 42.7%, followed by credit and finance services at 27.4%. The council noted that this marks the second consecutive month of declining reports after a peak in April.
Security NEXTAug 14, 2026Translated from Japanese