That email was one of the most effective vectors of attack used by cyber criminals is not surprising: it is a fact that almost all companies operating in the report of the cybersecurity sector.
However, the recently published RSA Fraud Report is not limited to highlighting the importance of being extremely careful with email links and attachments, but highlights some trends that are not so obvious. In particular, the increase in attacks launched through malicious mobile apps, which saw a 300 percent increase. 41,313 attack attempts based on apps were identified in the first few months of the year, compared to the "only" 10,390 in the previous quarter.
These types of threats accounted for half of all those detected by RSA over the past three months, while attempts at phishing had an impact of 29 %.
Credit cards are becoming increasingly popular with hackers There are obviously credit cards that can be easily resold on the black market or used to make fraudulent transactions among the preferred targets. From January to today, RSA identified a total of 14.2 million compromised cards, with a 33 percent increase over the previous period under review, in addition to an increase of 17 percent in attempted fraud with these cards.
Interestingly, fraudulent transactions are usually higher than legitimate transactions on average, especially in the US, where cyber criminals "invest" an average of $403 per purchase, likely to maximize profit before users notice it by blocking the card.