Microsoft
phishing has become a potential goldmine thanks to the growth of Office 365, which boasts more than 180 million active monthly business users.
With 97% of people unable to identify a sophisticated
phishing email, Williams further emphasised that employee training is essential in recognising the signs of a malicious email, but if businesses are leaving their
phishing defence down to human reliability, then they will be far more vulnerable to attacks.
Meanwhile, cybercriminals deployed HTTPS-protected
phishing websites in record numbers, according to PhishLabs, posting a record high of nearly 60 percent of detected
phishing websites in 1Q 2019 employing this data encryption protocol.
Retruster have developed intelligent
phishing protection solutions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning, that help global companies stay protected against
phishing emails.
"Cofense is the only security company that provides a comprehensive and scalable human
phishing defense solution.
The country with the highest percentage of users attacked by
phishing remained Brazil with 28% of all attacked users.
On other findings of the Spam and
Phishing Report, Tatyana said the share of spam in mail traffic was 52.48 per cent which is 4.15 per cent less than in 2017.
KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest integrated security awareness training and simulated
phishing platform, is used by more than 20,000 organizations worldwide.
These services have led to the explosion of
phishing attacks highlighted earlier, as any attacker can launch an attack regardless of technical skill.
Quann Malaysia general manager, Ivan Wen, said in a statement that the internet could see a rise in clickbait
phishing sites or emails with attachments and sensational titles that trick users to click links for 'Exclusive' or 'Shocking' stories.
"Human behavior is a critical element of cyber security yet 62 percent of companies don't train employees to recognize
phishing attempts," commented Bill Lucchini, senior vice president and general manager for the Sophos Messaging Security Group.
Seventy-six percent of organizations experienced
phishing attacks in 2017 and nearly half of information security professionals said the attack rate increased from 2016.