Business Email Fraud Attacks Jump 25%

September 18th, 2018 Posted by Technology 0 thoughts on “Business Email Fraud Attacks Jump 25%”

“Despite additional media coverage and increased warnings phishing attacks are not going away. They are still increasing, and more company employees are falling for the bait than ever.”

– Glenn Baruck, eDot Solutions


Michael Hill wrote the following article for Info Security Magazine.

Despite frequent news coverage and repeated warnings business, email fraud attacks continue to rise. Cyber-criminals are busier than ever sending more fake emails than ever before to defraud organizations, according to a new report, Protecting People, from Proofpoint. The firm analyzed more than 600 million emails, revealing that the number of email fraud attacks per targeted company rose 25% from the previous quarter, and 85% from the same time last year.

Learn more about this trend in this article written by Michael Hill Acting Editor, Infosecurity Magazine as Michael goes into further depth about who Cyber-criminals are targeting and what you can do to thwart these attacks.

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