A report [PDF file] by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) finds that phishing campaigns are expanding in scope.

According to the report, unique phishing reports submitted to the APWG reached a record 40,621 in August of 2009, and unique phishing Web sites reported to the APWG reached a record 56,362 in the same month.

"Q3 2009 continues the trend for record-high numbers of brand-domain pairs and near-record numbers of unique phish URLs... we observed a 19 percent increase in unique brands being targeted and an 85 percent increase of domain names used in phish attacks," says MarkMonitor chief security officer Ihab Shraim.

Click here [PDF file] to read the APWG report.