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 […]
Phishing isn’t new. This social engineering tactic has existed in the attack toolbox for decades, with threat actors posing as trusted contacts and then targeting unsuspecting victims through email or text messages to steal sensitive data. There are plenty of data points that illustrate the effectiveness of this attack method. According to the Fortinet 2023 […]
Technology giant Microsoft and multinational banking firm American Express are the most spoofed companies in phishing emails targeting financial services. That’s according to the 2023 Financial Services Sector Threat Landscape report by Trustwave SpiderLabs, which examines a multitude of threats faced by the financial services industry. The report cited phishing and email-borne malware as the […]
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