Business email compromise (BEC) attacks made up more than 50% of incidents within social engineering in 2023, according to Verizon. The bad guys aren’t just increasing the volume of their attack attempts, they’re also getting way more sophisticated and automated in how they craft their impersonation messages. To avoid financial losses, CISOs should consider creating […]
Phishing has long been a popular vector for cybercriminals in order to coax valuable information out of victims – and 2023 was no different. A new report from email security firm Codefense has delved into the most common themes in email phishing attacks last year. The themes it assigned were based on the contents, such […]
Phishing is the art of sending an email with the aim of getting users to open a malicious file or click on a link to then steal credentials. But most phishers aren’t very good, and the success rate is relatively low: In 2021, the average click rate for a phishing campaign was 17.8%. However, now […]
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