Overall, the number of email fraud attacks per targeted company rose 25 percent from the previous quarter (to 35 on average) and 85 percent from the year-ago quarter.
There was a 36 percent increase in email attacks against businesses between the first and second quarters of 2018, with retail, healthcare and government experiencing the most
business email compromise (BEC) attempts, according to a new report.
Non-management and low-level management employees are most often targeted inside organizations: They accounted for 60 percent of highly targeted malware and credential phishing attacks. However, according to the “Protecting People”
report from Proofpoint, analyzing customer attack data gathered April through June 2018. Executives, on the other hand, only received 23.5 percent and 5.2 percent of targeted attacks, respectively.
