Security News > 2020 > September > Organizations facing nearly 1,200 phishing attacks each month
The 2020 Phishing Attack Survey gleaned insights into the phishing landscape in August from 317 IT and cybersecurity professionals in the US, finding that email phishing attacks have become more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite only 6% of phishing attacks resulting in a breach, 36% of respondents said they were not confident that employees at their organizations would be able to spot and avoid an email phishing attack in real-time.
More than half of all respondents said their enterprise has seen an increase in phishing attacks through email since the pandemic started earlier this year, and a third said the attacks have become more successful since January.
Surprisingly, survey respondents did not believe age had anything to do with susceptibility to phishing attacks, with 62% saying the likelihood of falling victim to phishing attacks was equal regardless of age.
Nearly 80% said their organization has had no monetary impacts from the increase in email phishing attacks.
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