The Rise in Phishing Attacks, Plus 4 Tips to Avoid Becoming a Victim
Security Magazine recently released an article revealing that phishing attacks hit an all-time high in the first quarter of 2022 with anti-phishing work group (APWG) noting more than one million attacks during this period. A record-breaking monthly total of 384,291 attacks occurred in March of 2022.
During the first quarter, APWG reported that phishing attacks against the financial industry, including banks, accounted for 23.6% of all phishing. Additional findings include:
As phishing attacks grow in prominence, Hikvision’s VP of Global Information Security, Chuck Davis, offers an introduction to phishing schemes and four tips to prevent becoming a victim of them.
Phishing is used to trick people through the malicious use of social engineering techniques to obtain sensitive information from unsuspecting targets including credit card information, login IDs, and passwords. Phishing also allows attackers access to your computer, protected systems, and/or networks.
Usually arriving in the form of email, social media links, or other digital means, the attacks are crafted to appear as if they have been sent from a legitimate organization, or someone you may know. A link is included that takes you to a fraudulent website that looks almost exactly like the authentic one, where you may be asked to provide personal information such as usernames and passwords.
While phishing attacks come in all shapes and sizes and can be difficult to distinguish, there are steps you can take to protect yourself. Hikvision’s Davis provides four tips to prevent you from becoming a victim of a phishing scam below.
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