Email is the top vector for cyberattacks

guest · Nov 11, 2022

By Ian Barker @IanDBarker - November 10, 2022

Hot on the heels of a report showing that 40 percent of business emails have unwelcome content, comes another report revealing that email is now the top way of delivering cyberattacks.

The report from Tessian shows that 94 percent of organizations experienced a spear phishing or impersonation attack, and 92 percent suffered ransomware attacks over email this year.
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Impersonation attacks (where attackers attempt to create legitimate-looking email addresses) were the most common type of advanced email attack in the first nine months of 2022. This type of attack also ranks as the top email threat security leaders are concerned about. On average, security leaders reported 148 impersonation attacks in 2022, followed by 141 spear phishing attacks and 138 email-based ransomware attacks.
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While most organizations have a Secure Email Gateway (SEG) or native security from a cloud provider in place to keep employees secure on email. However, the report found that 62 percent of security leaders say advanced email threats bypassed SEGs in 2022.

"We all rely on email at work and at home, and as the gateway to valuable data and access, email accounts are always a valuable target to adversaries, especially those seeking to compromise business," says Josh Yavor, chief information security officer at Tessian.
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Insider email threats remain a problem too, 63 percent of security leaders say that their staff exfiltrated data over email in 2022, while 92 percent of companies experienced a data breach caused by an end-user making a mistake on email -- such as sending an email to the wrong person or failing to send the correct attachment.
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Tessian: Research Report | The State of Email Security 2022

Every Company's Riskiest Channel
The report that captures the true state of email security in 2022, brought to you by Tessian. Read on to discover the latest trends and key findings related to advanced threats and data loss on email in the modern day enterprise.
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Rasheed187 · Nov 12, 2022

OK, so it's companies like Tessian who are supposed to protect companies from phishing attacks via email. And apparently SEG's aren't good enough to protect against advanced phishing, will keep my eye on this Tessian company.

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