According to the newly announced reports, coronavirus epidemic-themed cyber-attacks and phishing attacks increased significantly during the quarantine period. While the majority of phishing attacks were COVID-19-themed attacks, almost all of these attacks were fraudulent. So how to protect your company and your employees against increasing cyberattacks?
Report On How to Protect Your Company Against Increasing Cyberattacks
The report titled Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends examined how hackers use these methods. The methods of hackers to quickly adapt to current events were also included in the report. Accordingly, hackers follow every incident and take advantage of gaps in order to harm more users faster. The increase in phishing attacks during the quarantine period proves this. The researchers also revealed tips on how to take precautions against these targeted phishing attacks. The report also gives insights on how to protect your company against increasing cyberattacks. Here’s what’s written in the report:
All About How to Protect Your Company Against Increasing Cyberattacks
1. More than 10 percent of targeted phishing attacks were targeted at corporate email (BEC). Last year, this rate was only 7 percent.
2. Close to 15% of spear phishing attacks are caused by accounts that are already compromised. Companies need to seriously control e-mail traffic and take protective measures, especially against anonymous and unreliable senders. You can use our Incident Response tool in case of any suspicious email connection. Our tool thoroughly examines the email and let you know the results immediately.
3. Three-fourths of the coronavirus-themed phishing attacks were on fraud. Fraud only accounts for 36% of all phishing attacks. Hackers prefer to use fake treatments and blood donations in coronavirus-themed phishing attacks. These types of attacks appeal to large masses, unlike targeted phishing attacks. You can only avoid this by proper education and regular tests. Our Cybersecurity Awareness Training tool works in sync with our Phishing Simulation tool to make sure your employees are fully aware of the threats and they are able to protect the company. Click for more information.
4. Hackers use malicious URLs in most of their spear phishing attacks. The report states that this rate is only 30% for attacks on company e-mails. Hackers first establish a connection with the user in these types of attacks and convince the user of the legitimacy of the connection. That way they circumvent protective measures. To avoid this, establish a communication network in your company using Threat Sharing tools. Our Threat Sharing tool allows your employees to expand their threat intelligence reach by leveraging their collective network knowledge, reduce costs, and accelerate implementation.
Advances Measures Against Cyberattacks
Experts state that no company can remain indifferent to the increasingly targeted phishing attacks and that everyone should take serious precautions against phishing and ransomware attacks. Companies need to invest in the technological tools necessary to counter phishing attacks and use regular systems to train their employees. Only in this way can companies and employees protect themselves against constantly evolving and changing attacks. In addition to these, the report highlights the importance of artificial intelligence and machine learning. These types of solutions developed using the latest technologies provide much more effective protection against phishing.
“This post is originally published at www.phishing.org.uk”
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