The possibility of an online scam can be an ever-changing problem for individuals and businesses. If someone clicks on a virus-laden email while employed in a data-heavy business, their stolen data could lead to a compromise to the business overall. Because of this, knowing what your employees might encounter in their day to day is also part of internal cybersecurity. Here are five online scam methods that stood out for their innovation and uniqueness in the last year.
Online Scam Methods Amid a Pandemic
The digital threat landscape witnessed a surge of activity in the first half of 2020. In the middle of April, for instance, VMware Carbon Black revealed that global organizations had experienced a 148% spike in ransomware attacks up until that point for the year. Those attacks had affected organizations in every sector, though the financial sector had witnessed the largest increase. Around that same time, Barracuda disclosed that spearphishing campaigns leveraging COVID-19 as a lure had grown 667% between the end of February and March of 2020.
It’s not surprising that many of those attack campaigns preyed upon targets’ fears surrounding COVID-19. What is surprising is the number of online scam attacks with unique subjects, lures and approaches — regardless of whether they mentioned the pandemic.
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