THE EVER-CHANGING SECURITY LANDSCAPE

A NEW ERA OF CYBER ATTACKS

Around 2010 , large organisations began employing more cyber security professionals to counter the increasing risk of cyberthreats . A notable attack in this decade was in 2013 , when over 110 million Target customers had their credit card records stolen in a phishing attack .

A SHIFT IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

In early 2020 , as the world shifted to online living , phishing emails related to the COVID-19 pandemic started to rapidly increase . Popular themes included stimulus checks , fake contact warnings , fake test results , Netflix scams , fines for coming out of quarantine and many more .

Current phishing scams have been using the Russian invasion of Ukraine to their advantage , setting up donation scams and using the conflict to collect data and cryptocurrency from victims . Threat actors used email subject lines such as ‘ Ukraine Donations ’ to target potential phishing victims . According to recent research from IRONSCALES , 81 % of organisations around the world have experienced an increase in email phishing attacks since March 2020 .

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