Cyber threats facing remote workers were analyzed in a recent report by Lookout. The report shows that 80% of survey participants admitted that when working from home on Fridays in the summer months, they are more relaxed and distracted. Another 68% revealed they are more likely to use their personal devices for work, and 13% admitted they’d fallen for a phishing attack while working from home.
Twenty-one percent of employees said that they would continue working business as usual in the event they fell victim to a phishing attack while working remotely on a Friday, with 9% indicating that they’d wait until after the weekend to report it. However, stopping employees working remotely isn’t a viable option for employers, as 65% said they’d leave their job if the rules around remote work changed.