Proofpoint, Inc. has just released the results of its annual report "The Human Factor 2017," indicating that cybercriminals are relying more and more on human rather than software flaws to install malicious programs, steal confidential information And transfer funds.
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Proofpoint, a company recognized in the world of security, unveils the results of its annual report "The Human Factor 2017", on trends in cybersecurity. Based on the analysis of intrusion attempts in more than 5000 companies in 2016, this report provides valuable indicators on attacks via emails, mobiles and social networks, to ensure the security of businesses and users. Instructive.
"This trend of exploitation of the human factor, which began in 2015, is accelerating, and cybercriminals now multiply the attacks generated by user clicks rather than vulnerable operating systems, leading victims to Execute the attacks themselves, "said Kevin Epstein, Vice President of the Proofpoint Threat Operations Center. "It is critical that companies put in place advanced protection to stop cybercriminals before they can reach their potential victims. Early detection of malicious content in the attack chain will block them, channel them and remove them more easily. "
Main results of the report "The Human Factor 2017":
- BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks on e-mails containing banking Trojan horses have increased from 1% in 2015 to 42% by the end of 2016. BEC attacks cost more than 5 billion Companies around the world. They use malware-free messages, enticing recipients to send confidential information or transfer funds to cybercriminals. This type of attack shows the fastest growth.
- Nearly 90% of clicks on malicious URLs occur within 24 hours of email delivery. 25% of these clicks occur in just 10 minutes and nearly 50% in an hour. The average click time (the time between the arrival of the email and the click) is shorter during working hours, between 8:00 and 15:00.
- More than 90% of emails containing fraudulent URLs redirect users to phishing pages. 99% of financial fraud attacks by email are caused by human clicks rather than by automated operating systems designed to infect systems. Phishing messages to steal Apple IDs were the most sent, but Google Drive phishing links were the most clicked.
- Half of clicks on malicious URLs are done from terminals that are not under the management of the company's desktops. 42% of clicks on fraudulent URLs were made from mobile devices, doubling the rate, long maintained at 20%. In addition, 8% of clicks are made on potentially vulnerable versions of Windows, for which security patches are no longer available.
- The phishing of social network accounts increased by 150% in 2016. During these attacks, cybercriminals create an account on a social network imitating that of a customer service of a trusted brand. When a person requests help from a company through a tweet, for example, cybercriminals intervene.
- Keep an eye on your inbox on Thursday. There was a peak in growth of more than 38% in the number of fraudulent attachments on Thursday compared to the average weekday volume. Hackers using ransomwares prefer to send malicious messages between Tuesday and Thursday. On the other hand, there is a peak for Trojan horses on Wednesday. Point-of-sale (POS) campaigns are sent almost exclusively on Thursday and Friday, while keyloggers and backdoors prefer Monday.
- In line with user habits, cybercriminals send most emails within 4 to 5 hours after the start of the working day, causing a peak of activity at lunchtime. It is during this period that US, Canadian and Australian users tend to click, while the French clicks take place around 1 pm. Swiss and German users do not wait for lunch time to click; We see a peak of clicks from the first hours of work. The pace of clicks in the UK is steady during the day, with a sharp decline after 14 hours.
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