Article Excerpt...
The shift to remote and hybrid work over the past year and a more mobile workforce has made the matter worse, as attacks rose and workers became more susceptible. More than half (51%) of respondents to The State of Email Security 2021 report (SOES) reported an increase in BEC attacks that exploited brand impersonation, and 63% reported an increase in phishing attacks that targeted their employees. SOES research also discovered that employees were clicking on unsafe URLs in emails three times more often than they were before the onset of the COVID pandemic. This is significant because it means that cybercriminals are getting more opportunities to worm their way into company systems.
See Full Article
The shift to remote and hybrid work over the past year and a more mobile workforce has made the matter worse, as attacks rose and workers became more susceptible. More than half (51%) of respondents to The State of Email Security 2021 report (SOES) reported an increase in BEC attacks that exploited brand impersonation, and 63% reported an increase in phishing attacks that targeted their employees. SOES research also discovered that employees were clicking on unsafe URLs in emails three times more often than they were before the onset of the COVID pandemic. This is significant because it means that cybercriminals are getting more opportunities to worm their way into company systems.
See Full Article
