Security News > 2022 > November > Unwanted emails steadily creeping into inboxes

A research from Hornetsecurity has revealed that 40.5% of work emails are unwanted.

The Cyber Security Report 2023, which analysed more than 25 billion work emails, also reveals significant changes to the nature of cyberattacks in 2022 - indicating the constant, growing threats to email security, and need for caution in digital workplace communications.

Phishing remains the most common style of email attack, representing 39.6% of detected threats.

Threat actors used the following file types sent via email to deliver payloads: Archive files sent via email make up 28% of threats, down slightly from last year's 33.6%, with HTML files increasing from 15.3% to 21%, and DOC(X) from 4.8% to 12.7%. "This year's cyber security report shows the steady creep of threats into inboxes around the world. The rise in unwanted emails, now found to be nearly 41%, is putting email users and businesses at significant risk," said Hornetsecurity CEO, Daniel Hofmann.

Cyber threats go beyond email and business communication platforms, however.

Organizations and their employees must always exercise caution when receiving work emails - both those that are unwanted, and those that may be from malicious impersonators.

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