February 2026 Phishing Report: Google Safe Browsing Missed 84% of Confirmed Phishing Sites
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Summary
Norn Labs' Huginn phishing discovery tool analyzed phishing sites in February 2026, finding that Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites in their dataset. The report details phishing attack trends, breaks down interesting attacks, and evaluates how existing detection tools are performing. This is the first in a planned monthly series sharing findings from Huginn's active phishing discovery efforts.
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· 4 pulledGoogle Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites in our dataset.
This is the first in what we plan to be a monthly series where we share what Huginn has been finding in the wild, break down interesting attacks, and report on how existing detection tools are performing.
Our hope is that these posts are useful both as a resource for understanding the current phishing landscape and as a way to demonstrate what our tools can do.
Huginn, our active phishing discovery tool, was being used to seed Yggdrasil and that we'd have more to share soon.
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