Phishing Facts
Phishing facts that business owners simply cannot ignore.
It’s true, a simple phishing email sent to your business can be catastrophic if you or your employees open it and download an email attachment or even click on the links. With businesses of all sizes being targeted, it’s more important than ever to train your employees how to spot a phishing email.
2018 Ransomware shifts to lowering prices and increasing variants.
Source: Symantec.com
Source: Webroot Phishing Threat Trends
On average, the life cycle of a phishing site is, under 15 hours.
Source: Webroot Phishing Threat Trends
Banking Trojans represented 24% of all malicious email volume, with a strain called “The Trick” accounting for 70% of that total.
Source: Proofpoint.com
Software update supply chain attacks—implanting malware into an otherwise-legitimate software package—were up 200 percent in 2017.
Source: Symantec.com
Android operating system devices, only 20 percent are running the newest version, and only 2.3 percent are on the latest minor release.
Source: Symantec.com
Fake invoice messages are the #1 type of phishing lure.
Source: Symantec.com
Apple IDs are the #1 target for credential theft emails.
Source: Proofpoint.com
Source: Barkly.com
Of organizations who suffered an attack in 2016, 45% expect budget to stay the same and 7% expect budget to decrease.
Source: Barkly.com
Mobile users are 3 times more likely to fall prey to phishing on mobile, than they are on desktops.
Source: Wandera’s 2018 Phishing Report
Mobile users are 18 times more likely to encounter a phishing attempt.
Source: Wandera’s 2018 Phishing Report
Train your employees to become a human firewall
Cyber criminals know human error is all it takes to gain access to your valuable data. Yes, it’s your employees sitting behind computers that decide the fate of your data. Whether they decide to click on the malicious link and take the bait or avoid the situation all together. Your employees can either be your weakest link or your peace of mind when if comes to your network security.
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