Topic: phishing
Cloudflare shares list of the most impersonated brands and announces new tools to protect employees
The security, performance, and reliability company Cloudflare today published a global report on the Top 50 Brands Used in Phishing Attacks. With this the company has also announced that it is opening beta access to its new brand and anti-phishing tools directly from the Security Center dashboard. The company’s intention with these tools is to … continue reading
Report: Small businesses receive 350% more social engineering attacks than enterprises, mostly from Microsoft impersonators
An average employee of a small business with less than 100 employees will receive 350% more social engineering attacks than an employee of a larger enterprise. The most commonly impersonated brand is Microsoft, used by cybercriminals in 57% of phishing attacks – the most prevalent social engineering attack of 2021. These findings are from the … continue reading
SiteLock announces new security awareness training program for SMBs
Phishing has always been a concern for organizations, but recent research from Barracuda has highlighted the increased need for security awareness as coronavirus-related phishing scams continue to rise. The research found that such scams have been steadily increasing since January and increased by 667% from the end of February to the end of March. Training … continue reading
