A recent Outbound Email Security Report revealed that stressed, tired employees are behind four in 10 of the most severe data breach incidents. As stress levels rise, rushed employees are more likely to make simple mistakes such as sending an email to the wrong person, or attaching the wrong file.
Cyber criminals launched an online scam designed to trick U.K.-based retail stores' Marks and Spencer (M&S) customers into handing over confidential data by by impersonating the retailer’s CEO Steve Rowe in fraudulent, impersonated ads on Facebook.
The Keepnet Labs 2020 Phishing Trends Report found that 90% of successful cyberattacks occur through email-based attacks. The report also found that top sectors where breaches occur.
New research spike in phishing attempts since the pandemic began, leading to more frequent successful attacks and a heavier burden on corporate IT security teams to remediate incidents.