Which means that you, an internal phishing campaign designer, should, too. While blatant typo-ridden requests for Social Security numbers written in broken English and sent from a Yahoo! account are still out there, most of the phishing attacks nowadays employ much more sophisticated techniques. However, another reason for phishing remaining at the top of cybersecurity threats is that the attackers are getting smarter. Hopefully, you are not one of those companies, and your employees are provided with the quality training offered by SecurityIQ AwareEd, which includes an engaging and interactive Phishing module. And of those that do, many still rely on good old PowerPoint presentations shoved somewhere in-between OSHA and harassment parts of the annual “bring-your-pillow-to-work-day” training sessions. According to a PwC survey, 4 out of 10 organizations don’t provide any ongoing security education to their employees. ![]() One is lack or inefficiency of security awareness training. There are numbers of reasons for the continuous success of phishing attacks. They don’t even hesitate: it takes an average of 82 seconds from the start of a phishing campaign to get the first bite. ![]() ![]() To be more precise, 11 percent (that’s 1 in 10 people!) open attachments. ![]() Despite all the frightening news reports about ransomware and millions of stolen dollars and identities, people still happily click on links and open attachments.
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