"The scourge called phishing is one of the most prevalent and costly cybersecurity challenges faced by businesses today. Also: Employees learn nothing from phishing security training, and this is why We've gone far beyond the days of spray-and-pray scams and phishing emails claiming you've won the lottery. Phishing now can be far more advanced and sophisticated, with targeted emails carefully crafted for data theft and other malicious purposes."
"Fake profiles: Cybercriminals perform reconnaissance on a target business, creating fake professional profiles and establishing links across platforms with employees to obtain their trust. This kind of deception can take days, weeks, or months before a request for information is made. Impersonation: Emails from senders impersonating a high-profile figure or leader at a targeted company will request that a fraudulent invoice be approved. Email addresses may be spoofed -- which means they are close to the genuine email address the individual would have used -- to make such requests"
Phishing is a prevalent, costly cybersecurity threat that uses fraudulent messages to extract sensitive information such as PII and financial data. Phishing attacks have evolved from generic lottery-style scams to highly targeted, sophisticated impersonation and reconnaissance campaigns. Fake professional profiles, platform link-building, and spoofed email addresses facilitate trust-building over extended periods. Many organizations rely on traditional anti-phishing training programs that studies indicate are minimally effective. Effective defenses require revamping training to include engaging, human-centered learning methods and combining those programs with supportive detection and prevention technologies.
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