One in five UK businesses report receiving a phishing email.
The coronavirus has been unkind to millions of people. We’ve been sent home to work from home offices rather than workplaces, and with it, there’s a significant risk of falling foul of hacking attacks. According to new data, we need to be more aware than ever of the risk of phishing attacks.
According to Webroot, an international cybersecurity company, workers are struggling under the weight of massed emails.
Workers worldwide have received 34% more emails in 2020 than they did last year.
That increase in email volume is dangerous, say Webroot, because it results in the risk that more of them could be malicious.
That’s particularly problematic because more of us are spending time working at home – more than half of respondents worldwide say they’re working at home now, compared to pre-pandemic. With that comes the danger of not being able to ask others whether any email they receive is legitimate, or could be an attempt to trick them into clicking something they shouldn’t.
Risky business
“People are on guard more with the pandemic, with many at home reading and watching the news, frequently receiving more content on the internet and on social, and sharing news – fake or true – at a higher rate,” said Dr. Prashanth Rajivan, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
“At the same time, people are also taking increased personal safety measures by social distancing and wearing masks. Together, these actions may be creating a false sense of confidence among employees that they’re more prepared to spot a phishing attack than they really are,” said Rajivan.
That’s a major concern, suggests Nick Em ..
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