Phishing Attacks Up 61% !!

[EYE OPENER] Phishing attacks increased by 61% compared to 2021.
So far, 255 million attacks this year!!

Security Magazine wrote this week about SlashNext’s recent disclosure report on scams. “SlashNext analyzed billions of URLs based on links, attachments, and natural language messages across email channels, mobile devices, and browsers over six months in 2022 and found over 255 million attacks. attack, or the rate of phishing attacks increased by 61% compared to 2021.

Findings from SlashNext’s State of Phishing 2022 report highlight that previous security strategies, including secure email gateways, firewalls, and proxy servers, no longer stop threats, especially as malicious actors increasingly launch these attacks from trusted servers and from personal and work email clients. “

Key findings from the report include:

Cybercriminals are redirecting attacks to mobile and personal communication channels to reach employees. SlashNext has seen a 50% increase in attacks on mobile devices, with scams and credentials theft topping the list of payloads. In 2022, they detected an 80% increase in threats from trusted services such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services or Google, with almost a third (32%) of all threats currently hosted on trusted services. 54% of all threats detected by 2022 are “zero hour” threats, showing how hackers are changing tactics in real time to improve success and scientific services and their information technology.