Are you doing enough to protect your business and yourself from phishing attacks? If you think you aren’t likely to be a victim, we recommend thinking again. Read below for 10 shocking phishing facts you may or may not know–and how these facts may apply to your own vulnerability against a phishing attack.
- 64% of organizations have experienced a phishing attack in the past year.
- Phishers often use emails to lure victims to third party sites in order to collect private information such as social security numbers. Threats can also be sent via SMS text.
- 95% of phishing emails from brands pretend to be from Amazon, eBay or banks.
- Fake URLs often lead individuals to websites asking for personal data. Common methods of fake URLs include changing links to look-alikes (i.e. replacing “I” with “I”), phishing pop-ups on top of real site pages and phishing techniques that cause browsers to display the real URL.
- 65% of attacker groups used spear phishing as the primary infection vector
- Many security vendors and independent organizations track phishing incidents in near-real-time. PK Tech does something similar with our monthly Hacker Tracker updates. You can check out last month’s here.
- 29% of breaches involved use of stolen credentials.
- Phishers often exploit domain name resolution, redirecting requests for real URLs to phishing sites. Malware has the ability to edit a victim’s hosts file to substitute phishing IPs or edit DNS settings to redirect the user to a bogus DNS server.
- A challenge with eliminating phishing websites that a single phishing attempt can often involve dozens of unique domains and hundreds of unique URLs.
- 59% of phishing attacks in the Americas relate to finance.
The statistics don’t lie. You and your company are at risk for a cybersecurity attack. PK Tech can help you take preventative measures to protect individual employees and your business from unnecessary cybersecurity breaches. Get in touch with us today.
References: eSecurityPlanet.com, phishingbox.com, adeliarisk.com
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