Security News > 2023 > April > Cybersecurity leaders see risk from email attacks, hybrid work

As TechRepublic has reported previously, business email compromise - or BEC - attacks are on the upswing, particularly as threat actors use such tactics as third-party reconnaissance to impersonate vendors.

Email security firm Armorblox reported a rise in nearly all forms of email attack last year.

"Based on threats analyzed by Armorblox across our customer base of over 58,000 organizations, we see over half of email attacks targeting critical business workflows aim to exfiltrate sensitive user data," said D.J. Sampath, co-founder and CEO of Armorblox in a statement.

The study also noted that hybrid work arrangements will increase risks to employees working at home.

Respondents to a new survey-based study by cybersecurity firm Red Access around hybrid work and browsing security acknowledged that while they see hybrid work as a permanent work paradigm, they also consider it the most vulnerable point of entry for threat actors.

"Now that web browsing permeates virtually everything we do at work, malicious actors are doing more to target this expanding attack surface; and it's clear that CISOs have taken note. In light of this growing trend, it's imperative that organizations go beyond legacy solutions and invest in technologies that are dedicated to protecting every employee's browsing activity, no matter where it originates. Web browsing has become the operating layer on which hybrid and remote work run, and organizations ought to do as much as they possibly can to secure it."

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