22 percent of businesses hit by phishing attacks in the last quarter
Summary
In the past three months 22 percent of businesses have suffered a data breach as a result of an email attack according to a new report. The results show that 24.4 percent of survey respondents indicate that malicious email messages, including impersonations, wire transfer requests, payload attacks/malware, business services spoofing, and credential theft attempts, reach their inbox every day, with an additional 25.4 percent that report seeing attacks at least weekly. "Our latest research shows that employees -- particularly non-technical professionals -- overestimate the efficacy of their workplaces email security strategy," says GreatHorn CEO Kevin OBrien. "There is an alarming sense of complacency at enterprises at the same time that cybercriminals have increased the volume and sophistication of their email attacks. When asked where their protection systems are falling down, 34.2 percent of email professionals report challenges with remediation.
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