1 in 7 businesses experienced lateral phishing attacks: Report

NEW DELHI: With cyber criminals using deceptive techniques to launch lateral phishing attacks, one in seven businesses experienced such strikes globally in the past seven months, says a report from US-based cyber security firm Barracuda Networks.

More than 55 per cent of the lateral phishing attacks targeted recipients with some personal or work relationship to the hijacked email account, said the report titled “Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 2”.