What APWG.eu does

APWG.eu (the APWG European Research Foundation) was the European research arm of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, a nonprofit industry association that unifies the global response to cybercrime through data exchange, research, and public-awareness messaging. Founded around 2012 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, the entity pursued EU government-funded research projects and convened EU-based cybersecurity researchers, managing consortium initiatives including LAZARUS (software development lifecycle security), LOCARD (a distributed blockchain platform for digital evidence chain of custody), TRUESSEC.eu (certification and labelling of trustworthiness properties), and VIVET (a cross-sectoral European vocational video repository).

Its business model centered on a multi-tiered membership program (Premium Members, Sponsoring Members, Corporate Members, University Researcher Grant Membership) providing varying levels of access to research, conferences, and the eCrime Exchange (eCX) community platform, complemented by EU research grants and conference-related revenue. The organization published the Phishing Activity Trends Report and Global Phishing Survey, and operated self-service phishing and smishing reporting portals serving a broad public audience.

In 2024, APWG.EU was terminated and consolidated back into the parent APWG.ORG (Anti-Phishing Working Group, Inc., USA), eliminating the standalone European entity to reduce confusion for EU-based researchers and unify the global APWG community under a single banner. APWG.ORG has stated it will maintain a strong EU presence, with the next E-Crime Conference planned for Lisbon, Portugal.

Name

APWG.eu

Legal name

Anti-Phishing Working Group, Inc.

Website

https://apwg.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

APWG.eu was the European research arm of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, a nonprofit industry association that convened EU cybersecurity researchers and managed EU-funded projects on software security, digital evidence, and cybercrime prevention. The entity was terminated in 2024 and consolidated into APWG.ORG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Research & Coordination

akta.pro primary industry

Email Phishing & BEC Protection (HDADAKAB)

Keywords

• Cybercrime research coordination
• Phishing prevention data
• Digital forensics research
• Threat intelligence reporting
• E-crime consortium

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: APWG operates a multi-tiered membership model including Premium Members, Sponsoring Members, and Corporate Members, providing varying levels of access and visibility in exchange for membership fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APWG.eu (APWG European Research Foundation) was the European research arm of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, focused on coordinating EU government-funded research projects and bringing together EU-based researchers to unify the global response to cybercrime. It operated the eCrime Exchange (eCX) data exchange platform, provided phishing and smishing reporting services, and published research including the Phishing Activity Trends Report and Global Phishing Survey. The entity was terminated in 2024 and consolidated into APWG.ORG.

Product overview

APWG.eu (APWG European Research Foundation) was a research-focused organization that pursued EU government funded research and brought EU-based researchers together. It has now terminated operations and been consolidated back into APWG.ORG. The organization managed several research projects including LAZARUS (software security during development), LOCARD (blockchain-based digital evidence platform), TRUESSEC.eu (cybersecurity certification and labeling), and VIVET (vocational video repository). APWG.ORG continues to offer the eCrime Exchange (eCX), phishing reporting services, and publishes research reports including the Phishing Activity Trends Report and Global Phishing Survey.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• eCrime Exchange (eCX) APWG's online community platform for data exchange, research collaboration, and public-awareness messaging on cybercrime, enabling e-crime researchers and professionals to exchange information and coordinate responses.
• Phishing and Smishing Reporting Services Self-service portals that enable individuals and businesses to report smishing (SMS phishing) and phishing emails to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, supporting standardized data collection on phishing activity globally.
• Phishing Activity Trends Report Periodic research report analyzing phishing activity trends, statistics, and emerging patterns, providing longitudinal data on the global phishing landscape.
• Global Phishing Survey Comprehensive survey of global phishing statistics and trends, providing the most comprehensive longitudinal dataset on phishing attacks globally for researchers, industry, and policymakers.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LAZARUS Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAZARUS was a three-year research and innovation project focused on addressing security issues in modern software development lifecycles. APWG.EU participated as a key contributor to this EU government-funded initiative aimed at improving software security across the development process.
• LOCARD Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAWFUL EVIDENCE COLLECTING AND CONTINUITY PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT - LOCARD was an EU-funded research initiative to develop a holistic platform ensuring chain of custody throughout forensic analysis using distributed blockchain technology for digital evidence metadata storage.
• TRUESSEC.eucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTRUESSEC.eu is a CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) focused on certification and labelling of trustworthiness properties from a multidisciplinary SSH-ICT perspective with emphasis on human rights. The initiative explored security and privacy labels, barriers, and benefits.
• VIVET European ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVIVET was a European consortium with partners from Bulgaria, Spain, Italy and Germany that created a cross-sectoral repository collecting and delivering vocational videos from all countries in Europe and beyond.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• PhishTank: Community-based free phishing verification and tracking site. Comparable to APWG's public reporting and data-collection mission around phishing URLs, though operating as a smaller, crowdsourced data service rather than a full industry association.

Direct peers

• Global Cyber Alliance (GCA): Nonprofit coalition building and deploying cybersecurity toolkits and partnerships to reduce cyber risk. Comparable as a global nonprofit focused on coordinating practical, community-driven cybercrime and phishing mitigation efforts.
• Shadowserver Foundation: Nonprofit that collects and disseminates cybercrime, malware, and botnet data to network operators, CERTs, and law enforcement. Highly comparable to APWG as a data-collection and cybercrime-intelligence nonprofit serving the global security community.
• Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG / i2Coalition): Industry working group convening operators and vendors to combat messaging abuse, malware, and mobile threats. Closely comparable to APWG as a multi-stakeholder membership association focused on abuse data sharing and published best practices.
• Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST): Global association of incident response and security teams that facilitates coordination, standards (CVSS, PSIRT), and information sharing across CERTs, vendors, and governments — directly comparable as a cybersecurity coordination and community body.
• Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA): Member-driven threat intelligence sharing organization for cybersecurity vendors and providers. Comparable to APWG as a membership-funded consortium that pools and disseminates threat data among security practitioners.
• Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG.ORG): The parent organization that absorbed APWG.EU in 2024. Operates the same membership tiers, phishing reporting portals, Global Phishing Survey, and Phishing Activity Trends Report — making it the most direct and operationally identical peer.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Internet Security (CIS): Larger nonprofit producing widely adopted security benchmarks (CIS Controls, CIS Benchmarks) and operating the MS-ISAC. Comparable as a community-funded cybersecurity coordination body, though broader in scope than APWG's phishing focus.
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): Open standards organization whose working groups have produced anti-phishing and email authentication protocols (DMARC, SPF, DKIM) that APWG's ecosystem depends on. Comparable as an international, member-driven technical coordination body.

Regional players

• Anti-Phishing Alliance (Japan) / JPCERT/CC Phishing Council: Japan-focused phishing reporting and takedown coordination efforts housed within JPCERT/CC. Comparable as a regional counterpart performing similar phishing reporting, data aggregation, and industry coordination activities to APWG, but in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/apwg_eu
• Facebookfacebook.com/antiphishing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apwg-eu

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