According to security firm MessageLabs Ltd., major phishing attacks targeted thousands of American Express Co. and Bank of America Corp. customers. Paul Wood, a senior analyst for New York-based MessageLabs, said that recent bank mergers and acquisitions have fraudsters increasing their attacks on ...
Phishing Emails Most commonly, cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick Internet users into giving away their sensitive private information, for example, login information for various online services, email accounts, or online banking information. Such attacks are called phishing. In a phishing attac...
While data theft attacks and increasingly brazen extortion tactics have proven to be successful, Grossman said RTF still observes a lot of profitability when ransomware gangs use standard techniques like phishing and business email compromise. She also stressed that the numbers in the report are lik...
the number of email-based phishing attacks has surged 464% when compared to 2022. Over the same frame, there has also been a 24% increase in attacks per organization. In the first half of 2023, Acronis-monitored endpoints observed
Another reason for such a high increase in phishing attacks is because they are working, Harr said. He cited theFBI's Internet Crime Report, which said BEC alone accounted for about $2.7 billion in losses in 2022 and another $52 million in losses from other types of phishing. ...
Phishing Emails Most commonly, cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick Internet users into giving away their sensitive private information, for example, login information for various online services, email accounts, or online banking information. Such attacks are called phishing. In a phishing attac...
Rai highlighted that although 90% of attacks are traditional in nature like phishing, malware, etc, what is however worrying is the rise in number of targeted attacks (which accounts for 9% currently). Solar winds, Wannacry, are some examples of targeted attacks which are detrimental for any...
“[Cybercriminals] don’t have to use zero-day software exploits or novel offensive techniques to be successful,” said Simeon Kakpovi, senior threat intelligence analyst at Microsoft Threat Intelligence, in the report. “To compromise email, credential phishing, social e...
In 2023 only, there was a38 per cent risein global cyber-attacks compared to the previous year – that’s quite many digital burglaries! And do you know what these hackers aim at during such attacks? They take advantage of weaknesses within programs or systems individuals or organisations use...
Data breaches and cyberattacks from unsecured browsing could leave you vulnerable to threats like phishing, malware, andidentity theft—which 33% of Americans have experienced.In fact, there’s an identity theft caseevery 22 secondsin the United States. ...