Phishing is still the preferred method of cybercriminals to break into the security of internet users. In fact, according to Kaspersky data, nearly half of phishing attempts are related to the financial sector.
Phishing is an attempt by cybercriminals to obtain the target's credentials and personal information, which is then used to break into the victim's social media accounts or bank accounts. Usually they involve emotion and social engineering to manipulate an unscrupulous victim.
Phishing is now a popular method of attack in the cybersecurity landscape as it instantly generates money for cybercriminals.
In the past, when we talked about hacking, we wanted to be famous. Today, if you want the money. No money is free.
47.08% of phishing attempts against the financial sector occurred during the period February to April 2022. Most of the phishing attempts (34.85%) targeted payment systems with the most attempts occurring in February 2022.
Next, online stores (15.66%) faced the most phishing attempts in April 2022. Finally, there were banking entities (4.38%) that faced the most phishing attempts in February 2022.
Because this payment via credit card is normal and reasonable to do, we just have to be very careful.
Last year, Kaspersky detected more than 2 million successfully blocked phishing attempts.
Worse yet, in 7.70% of the detected attempts, the targeted user had already clicked on a phishing link spread by cybercriminals.
It's small, but it's quite worrying.