"SlashNext Report Finds Phishing Attacks Have Risen 61% This Year"

According to a new report released by the phishing protection company SlashNext, phishing attacks increased significantly in the first six months of 2022 as cybercriminal activity and global issues such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine grew. SlashNext discovered more than 255 million attacks based on an analysis of billions of linked-based URLs, attachments, and natural language messages in email, mobile, and browser channels. There has been a 61 percent increase in the rate of phishing attacks since 2021. According to the findings, previous security strategies, such as secure email gateways, firewalls, and proxy servers are no longer enough to stop threats, especially as malicious actors launch these attacks from trusted servers as well as business and personal messaging apps. The report's key findings include cybercriminals shifting their attacks to mobile and personal communication channels in order to reach employees. SlashNext observed a 50 percent increase in mobile device attacks, with scams and credential theft topping the list of payloads. The company detected an 80 percent increase in threats from trusted services provided by companies such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google, highlighting an increasing trend of compromised and fake accounts being used by cybercriminals. Nearly one-third of all threats are now hosted on trusted services. Zero-day vulnerabilities were a major highlight of the report, as they accounted for more than half of all threats detected by SlashNext, demonstrating how hackers adapt and change tactics until they find success. Credential-harvesting attacks continue to dominate overall attacks, with targeted spear-phishing credential-harvesting attacks accounting for 76 percent of detected threats. This article continues to discuss key findings from the  SlashNext State of Phishing Report for 2022.

SiliconANGLE reports "SlashNext Report Finds Phishing Attacks Have Risen 61% This Year"