Security News > 2017 > May > Analyzing phishing attacks against 500,000 mailboxes at 100 organizations (Help Net Security)
2017-05-31 13:30
Phishing has evolved from a mere nuisance into a global epidemic in which organizations of all sizes and across all industries are being negatively impacted at high frequency. In 2016 alone, the SANS Institute revealed that 95 percent of all cyberattacks began with spear-phishing; the Ponemon Institute reported 86 percent of all phishing attacks contain ransomware, and the APWG discovered a 65 percent increase in phishing attacks compared to the previous year, totaling 1,220,523 events … More →
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