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Holiday Season Phishing Attacks on the Rise

Akamai·Jim Black·about 1 month ago
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Phishing continues to be a major attack vector. It's surprising just how many security incidents and breaches start with an employee clicking on a link in a carefully-crafted phishing email (and sometimes doing the same with a not-so-well crafted phishing email -- see this example ).  \r\n There's still a general perception that phishing attacks are more of a risk to consumers than businesses. To an extent that's true -- enterprises deploy security tools to block phishing attacks and now most employees receive ongoing phishing-awareness training. Consumers, on the other hand, may rely on their internet service provider (ISP) for protection and are more susceptible to scams (no, the government does not want to give you a tax refund). \r\n But there's been a major change. According to research published by Akamai, there was a rapid increase in enterprise traffic related to remote working in 2020 -- that's not terribly surprising.…

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