Security News > 2017 > November > The long tail of phishing attacks
2017-11-16 14:00
Targeted phishing has become the single most effective attack type in the world today. Phishing attacks have been the root cause of the majority of the large-scale data breaches that compromised the sensitive information of millions of individuals and extracted financial gains from some of the world’s largest companies. In March, a spear-phishing scam that used the cover of the tax season and W-2 filings tricked more than 120,000 people into sharing their personal data. … More →
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