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Phishing Emails Hook Most Employees within a Day
Organizations have just hours to stop targeted attacks during their first stages, after new research revealed almost 90% of users open phishing emails on the day they are sent.
User training firm PhishMe sent eight million phishing emails out to over three million employees working across 23 industries around the world to compile its Enterprise Phishing Susceptibility Report.
Enterprise Phishing Susceptibility Analysis
Analysis overview:
- 8 million emails over a 13 month span
- 75% of organizations are training more than 1,000 employees
- Representing organizations from US (86%) and Europe (14%)
- Representing 23 industries
Tackling a mountain of unmined data in search of answers can be a daunting task. Starting from scratch, we understood that we would likely face challenges to our pre-conceived notions of what works well and were prepared to accept what the data would tell us, however challenging it might be. Our goals were simply to understand what and how much data was available for analysis. We began with basic questions; how many scenarios are clients running? What type of scenarios are they and what do they contain? Are there any trends based on time, content, type or context?
Millions of Emails Sent in Thousands of Phishing Attack Simulations Reveal How Frequently Enterprise Employees Fall Victim to Phishing Attacks
PhishMe 2015 Enterprise Phishing Susceptibility Report Shows Which Type of Attack Emails Have Highest Penetration Rates, Provides Guidance on How to Reduce Risk
LEESBURG, Va. – December 21, 2015 – PhishMe® Inc., the pioneer in human-phishing defense solutions, today released the 2015 Enterprise Phishing Susceptibility report. Data was gathered from 8 million phishing simulation emails sent to 3.5 million enterprise employees to provide analytics showing how susceptible enterprise employees are to falling victim to phishing attacks — the most common cyberattack vector in use today. Additionally, the report demonstrates how effective training can condition employees over time to spot, report and help defend their organizations against phishing.
Cofense report shows employees can become assets in anti-phishing battle
A report released today by PhishMe based on the results of 8 million phishing simulations shows that employees can dramatically improve their ability to detect phishing emails with practice, and can be trained to forward them to security staff.
SC Magazine Awards Recognize PhishMe as Finalist in Best IT Security-Related Training Platform Category
Judging Panel Recognizes Company’s Value in Reducing Phishing Susceptibility Rates for Top Companies
LEESBURG, VA – December 18, 2015 PhishMe® Inc., the pioneer in human-phishing defense solutions, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the 2016 SC Magazine Awards for Best IT Security-Related Training Platform for its comprehensive phishing threat management solution. Since 2008, PhishMe has conditioned millions of enterprise employees to spot, report and help defend their organizations against phishing attacks, helping end users and security professionals work together to significantly reduce phishing susceptibility rates.
Best in Biz Awards Names PhishMe CEO Rohyt Belani as a Top Executive of 2015
Exemplary Leadership Guides Company Through Biggest Growth Phase
LEESBURG, Va. – December 16, 2015 – PhishMe® Inc., the pioneer in human-phishing defense solutions, today announced CEO and co-founder Rohyt Belani has been named a winner in the Executive of the Year category for the 2015 Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.
ComputerWeekly: How to avoid being caught out by ransomware
Businesses are still getting caught by ransomware, despite the fact that there are fairly straightforward methods to avoid it.
CNBC Squawk Box: How to spot a phish
Are you the victim of an Internet scam? Rohyt Belani, PhishMe CEO, discusses how to determine whether you are the target of a potential hack attack.
