The term “phishing” was originally derived from spamming in the early 1990s. Today, nearly 4.7 billion phishing attempts are perpetrated daily.

In the following infographic, Avanan looks at the history and future of phishing.

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The History and Future of Phishing

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Brian Wallace is the Founder and President of NowSourcing, an industry leading content marketing agency that makes the world's ideas simple, visual, and influential. Brian has been named a Google Small Business Advisor for 2016-present, joined the SXSW Advisory Board in 2019-present and became an SMB Advisor for Lexmark in 2023. He is the Co-Founder for The Innovate Summit which successfully launched in May 2024.