Successful Phishing Attempts TRIPLED in 2024
Phishing Attacks Are Increasing...Are Your Employees Educated On What To Look For? We’re frequently warning our customers and readers about the risks of phishing scams and attacks, and it looks like we won’t be stopping anytime soon. A new report in Infosecurity Magazine reveals that the rate at which business users clicked on phishing links was up in 2024, nearly triple the rate from 2023. That’s what we in the industry like to call, well, really bad news. Before we get into why things are getting worse instead of better (and what you should do to limit risk), let’s quickly review how these scams are built. The Anatomy of a Phishing Scam A phishing scam starts with a message of some sort: traditionally it was an email, but it could also be a text message, online ad, or even a search result (though this is less common than other methods). The message appears to come from a legitimate source (in recent business attacks, Microsoft 365 and Docusign were the top companies the scammers pos...