Some key highlights pertaining to phishing trends were as follows:
· The overall phishing rate has decreased slightly this month,
where one in 2,448 emails was a phishing attempt.
· The Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing sector was once again the
most targeted Industry overall for phishing attempts in June, where
phishing comprised one in every 1,470 emails. This rate was higher than any
other industry in either May or June.
· Small companies with less than 250 employees were again the most
targeted organization size in June.
· The Manufacturing sector was targeted with the greatest volume
of spear-phishing attacks in June, as 22 percent were directed at
manufacturing organizations.
· Large enterprises were the target of 25.1 percent of
spear-phishing attacks in June, down from 39.2 percent in May. In contrast,
38.1 percent of attacks were directed at organizations with less than 250
employees.
