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Threat Intelligence
Human-Centric Risk is on the Rise
The New Reality of Business Email Compromise
Key Points
- Email remains one of the most important tools in conducting business for organizations of all sizes and industries across the world, but this makes it the most appealing target to cybercriminals.
- Business email compromise is used in 25% of motivated attacks1 and resulted in $2.9 billion in losses in 20232.
- The rise in human-centric risk will prove to be a very successful attack method for cybercriminals and a huge liability for organizations that don’t address the issue quickly.
Today's threat landscape is seeing a rise in human-centric risk. This is the new reality of business email compromise and could lead to devastating results for organizations that don't address the challenge quickly.
Attackers are reyling less on attachments and more on links. Small businesses are seeing a sharp increase in threats per user. Despite the best efforts of security teams, harmful emails are still being delivered. Generative AI and machine learning are improving attackers' chances and further confusing users.
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