Over 1.5 crore social media phishing attacks happened in India in Q2: Report

Phishing attacks via social media are on the rise and India witnessed over 1.5 crore such cyber threats in the second quarter (Q2) this year, an average of more than 17.5 lakh attacks per day which were blocked by Norton Labs, the cyber-security company said on Tuesday.
In the April-June period, Norton thwarted over 900 million threats, or around 10 million threats per day globally. During that three month period, there were 22.6 million phishing attempts and 103.7 million file threats globally.
Globally, there were 302,000 mobile threats and 78,000 ransomware attacks, according to Norton Labs, NortonLifeLock’s global research team.
“Threat actors use social media for phishing attacks because it’s a low-effort and high return way to target billions of people around the world,” said Darren Shou, head of technology, NortonLifeLock.