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Found out 80% of data breaches come from phishing emails according to a Verizon report I read last night
I never realized how many attacks start with something as simple as a fake email link, has anyone here actually clicked one by accident and what did you do after?
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kevinallen17d ago
Bet on humans being the weak link every time and train for that.
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garcia.wren17d ago
Read something similar from a security blog I follow, where they said people click because the email looks like it came from their boss or a real service they use. I haven't clicked one myself, but a buddy at work did once on a fake Microsoft login page and had to run a full antivirus scan plus change all his passwords. The scary part is these emails are getting harder to spot with AI now, blending in with real ones. I guess the real question is why companies still rely on us not being idiots instead of blocking them before they reach our inboxes.
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craig.parker17d ago
My neighbor fell for a similar trick last year, @garcia.wren, with an email that looked exactly like a PayPal password reset. He typed in his info before realizing the URL was off by one letter. It took him about three hours on the phone with his bank to sort out the mess. You're right that companies should do more filtering on their end, because this stuff is only getting slicker with AI tools.
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