Category Archives: Phishing Attacks

Why Phishing Is Still the Top Attack Method

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Attackers are known to pore over a company’s website and social channels. Perhaps they spot a mention of an upcoming charity event. Who runs the charity? What does their email signature look like? What’s the color and size of the charity’s logo?    This kind of information is priceless to attackers. From there, attackers can craft […]

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Why Phishing Is Still the Top Attack Method

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Attackers are known to pore over a company’s website and social channels. Perhaps they spot a mention of an upcoming charity event. Who runs the charity? What does their email signature look like? What’s the color and size of the charity’s logo?    This kind of information is priceless to attackers. From there, attackers can craft […]

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What Are the Biggest Phishing Trends Today?

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According to the 2022 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, phishing was the most common way that cyber criminals got inside an organization. Typically, they do so to launch a much larger attack such as ransomware. The Index also found that phishing was used in 41% of the attacks that X-Force remediated in 2021. That’s a 33% […]

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Phishing Attacks Are Top Cyber Crime Threat, Easier Than Ever to Create and Deploy

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Why is one of cyber crime’s oldest threats still going strong? The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reports that January 2021 marked an unprecedented high in the APWG’s records, with over 245,771 phishing attacks in one month. IBM X-Force’s 2021 Threat Intelligence Index found that phishing led to 33% of cyber attacks organizations had to deal […]

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How to Avoid Smishing Attacks Targeting Subscription Service Users

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If you’re anything like me, you used delivery more during the pandemic than before. Both getting food brought to my door and meal kit boxes mean people don’t have to mask up and go out to the grocery store. But threat actors know that, too. Recent scams take advantage of people signing up for more […]

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Perfect Phishing Attack: A Penetration Tester’s Perspective

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Even if your company uses top-notch security solutions to keep malicious actors at bay, these efforts are half-baked as long as the employees keep clicking phishing links. Cybercriminals know it is easier to manipulate humans than to game technology. U… Continue reading Perfect Phishing Attack: A Penetration Tester’s Perspective→

Phishing, Ransomware Driving Wave of Data Breaches

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Data compromises have increased every month this year except May. If that trend continues, or even if there is only an average of 141 new compromises per month for the next six months, the total will still exceed the previous high of 1,632 breaches se… Continue reading Phishing, Ransomware Driving Wave of Data Breaches→

Why a Phishing Attack Is Still Profitable — And How To Stop One

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As the business world continues to grapple with an expanding definition of new normal, the phishing attack remains a common tactic for attackers. Why are phishing attacks still happening? How can we prevent them? We spoke to a threat analyst who has the answers. In May 2020, X-Force research uncovered a precision-targeting (or spear phishing) […]

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Educating the Educators: Protecting Student Data

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I found my 17-year-old son happily playing video games last year when he was supposed to be in virtual school. But after a few questions, I learned he wasn’t skipping school. His class had been canceled after his teacher fell for a phishing attack, and their computer was infected with a virus. This isn’t an […]

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Automating Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees – Beyond the Buzzword

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By Omer Taran, CybeReady Co-Founder & CTO Though the word “automation” was not coined until 1947 by Ford Motor Company to describe the use of automatic devices in the company’s production lines, today it is one of the most widely used terms in the … Continue reading Automating Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees – Beyond the Buzzword→