Lack of awareness is increasing the phishing threat According to the study, two-thirds (67 percent) of employees polled said that they had never heard of phishing. Similarly, 4 percent of employees surveyed admitted that they had ‘fallen for a phish’ and clicked through a link to a phishing website at work. Conversely, 82 percent of IT decision-makers surveyed stated that their employees have received phishing attacks via e-mail or instant messaging (IM) with, 45 percent who have had employees receive a phishing attack, admitting their employees did click through the URL on the phishing attack. This discrepancy might suggest that employees have a difficult time deciphering whether a website accessed via a link in an e-mail or instant message is legitimate or spoofed. Not surprisingly, half (50 percent) of the IT decision-makers surveyed do not believe that employees can accurately identify phishing sites.
•Date: 17th May 2005 • Region: UK • Type:
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