The most successful phishing subject lines revealed

guest · Jul 25, 2018

The most successful phishing subject lines revealed
July 25, 2018
https://betanews.com/2018/07/25/successful-phishing-lines/

We all like to think that we're smart enough not to fall for phishing emails, yet a surprising number of people do get caught out by them.

A new report from security awareness training company KnowBe4 looks at the most successful phishing emails in the second quarter of 2018. The results show that hackers are playing into users' commitment to security, by using clever subject lines that deal with passwords or security alerts.

You can see the top 10 general email phishing subject lines, the most common social media hooks, and the most common attacks seen in the wild in the infographic below.
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shmu26 · Jul 25, 2018

47% of them are typical subject lines from LinkedIn. That's 3 times more than the next most popular subject line (facebook stuff).
It seems that you should just take the trouble to navigate to LinkedIn in your browser, rather than clicking on the email link. Probably easier to do that than to carefully analyse the email message and the link, no?

Minimalist · Sep 14, 2018

Phished credentials caused twice as many breaches than malware in the past year

Personal device use for remote work poses the biggest security risk to organisations safeguarding their increasingly mobile and cloud-based IT environment, according to a new survey of 100 UK-based senior IT security professionals.
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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/09/13/phished-credentials/

Minimalist · Oct 6, 2018

Credential-Phishing Attempts Highest on Tuesdays

Credential phishing campaigns, in which high-profile individuals are unwittingly falling victim to malicious actors who are looking to gain access into business systems, have proven to be a successful attack vector. According to a new Menlo Security report, Understanding a Growing Threat: Credential Phishing, credential phishing is a quickly growing cyber-attack and is increasingly becoming the preferred entry point for most attackers.
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/credentials-phishing-attempts/

guest · Oct 11, 2018

Most Malware Arrives Via Email
Watch out for messages with the word "invoice" in the subject line, too
October 11, 2018
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/most-malware-arrives-via-email/d/d-id/1333023

A new report finds malware, malice, and email messages inextricably bound together in employee inboxes. The tie is so strong that more than 90% of all malware is delivered via email — and that's not the end of the bad news for system managers.

According to the "Cofense State of Phishing Defense 2018" report, the average employee doesn't go two full days between phishing messages, and more than half of those messages come with the word "invoice" in the subject line.

To gather the information, Cofense analyzed more than 135 million phishing simulations, 800,000 reported emails, and nearly 50,000 real phishing campaigns targeting organizations in 23 industries ranging from healthcare and financial services to manufacturing.

Read more here.
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guest · Oct 23, 2018

mood said: ↑

The most successful phishing subject lines revealed
July 25, 2018
https://betanews.com/2018/07/25/successful-phishing-lines/
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Password Check Required Immediately -- and more of 2018's most successful phishing subject lines
October 23, 2018
https://betanews.com/2018/10/23/top-phishing-subject-lines-2/

A new report from security awareness training company KnowBe4 looks at the most successful phishing emails in the second quarter of 2018. The results show that hackers are playing into users' commitment to security, by using clever subject lines that deal with passwords or security alerts.

You can see the top 10 most successful phishing subject lines in the infographic below, along with the top social media phishing topics.
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guest · Jan 22, 2019

The most-clicked phishing lines of 2018
January 22, 2019
https://betanews.com/2019/01/22/most-clicked-phishing-2018/

Security awareness training company KnowBe4 has put together its latest list of the most-clicked phishing subject lines.
Popular categories for phishing messages include, deliveries, passwords, company policies, vacations and IT department. Other popular keywords are, Amazon, Wells Fargo and Microsoft.

"Clicking an email is as much about human psychology as it is about accomplishing a task," says Perry Carpenter, chief evangelist and strategy officer at KnowBe4. "The fact that we saw 'password' subject lines clicked four out of four quarters shows us that users are concerned about security.

You can see a full list of the most-clicked subjects and a list of some in the wild attacks in the infographic below. [...]
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guest · Mar 19, 2019

These are the 12 most common phishing email subject lines cyber criminals use to fool you
March 19, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/these...ubject-lines-cyber-criminals-use-to-fool-you/

The most common subject lines used in phishing emails targeting businesses show how cyber criminals are exploiting urgency, personalisation and pressure in order to trick victims into clicking on malicious links, downloading malware or otherwise surrendering confidential or sensitive corporate information.

After analyzing 360,000 phishing emails over a three-month period, researchers at cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks have detailed the most common lines used in phishing attacks [...]
According to Barracuda's spear phishing report, by far the most common subject line used in attacks is simply 'Request' – accounting for over a third of all the phishing messages analysed. That's followed in popularity with messages containing 'Follow up' or 'Urgent/Important' in the subject line.
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mirimir · Mar 19, 2019

tl;dr

Request
Follow up
Urgent/Important
Are you available?/Are you at your desk?
Payment Status
Hello
Purchase
Invoice Due
Re:
Direct Deposit
Expenses
Payroll

But really, if your email client is locked down well enough -- text only, no images, no HTML, no code execution -- you can actually look at messages. You can check out the headers. You can check out links safely. But yeah, I get that most users are too clueless for that. Sad. Eternal September. So it goes.

guest · Jan 16, 2020

These subject lines are the most clicked for phishing
January 16, 2020
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/these-subject-lines-are-the-most-clicked-for-phishing/

By now, even the least-seasoned email user knows not to open messages from Nigerian princes or vacationing "friends" desperate for an emergency loan.

The most-effect lure, the firm found, was an urgent message to immediately check a password, with 39% of users falling for the ruse.

"With more end users becoming security-minded, it's easy to see how they fall for phishing scams related to changing or checking their passwords," said Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4's CEO, in a release.
And just because you work in tech, doesn't mean you're immune. "These subject lines are very effective against tech pros as well," said Erich Kron, security awareness advocate, KnowBe4.
Top 10 most-clicked phishing using general email subjects [...]
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