"Attackers Get Cannier; Found Targeting Non-C-Suite Employees via Spear Phishing"

The cloud-enabled security solutions provider, Barracuda, released a new report on spear-phishing attacks. According to the report, an average organization faces more than 700 social engineering attacks each year, with 1 in 10 of these attacks being a Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack. Over 70 percent of BEC attacks target employees outside of financial and executive roles. A CEO will attract an average of 57 targeted phishing attackers per year. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting employees outside of the C-Suite to get in the door and work their way up to higher-value targets, thus making it essential to provide protection and training for employees at all levels. Best practices for protecting against spear-phishing attacks include deploying account-takeover protection, maximizing data-loss prevention, implementing Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC), training employees to recognize attacks, and more. This article continues to discuss key findings from Barracuda's "Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol.6" report. 

CISO MAG reports "Attackers Get Cannier; Found Targeting Non-C-Suite Employees via Spear Phishing"