Understanding a cybercrook’s thinking to make people your first defence against phishing

Ransomware attacks worldwide rose by 350 per cent from 2016 to 2017 says a recent special report by SC Magazine sponsored by Cofense, a provider of intelligent phishing defence solutions.

“Security pros constantly invent better mousetraps, but the mice never stop evolving,” is Josh Bartolomie’s first statement in the report. The Director of Research at Cofense goes on to ask: if the ‘mice’ keep evolving, how exactly can organisations stop attacks?

Anton Jacobsz, CEO at Networks Unlimited Africa, a distribution partner with Cofense in sub-Saharan Africa, says phishing attacks rely on a single moment of inattention or ignorance.