Phishing attacks on the rise in 2018

Phishing attacks, social engineering and credential compromise all increased during 2018 according to new research from the cybersecurity firm Proofpoint highlighting the fact that cybercriminals continue to target end users.The firm's fifth annual State of the Phish Report uncovered phishing attack trends across more than 15 industries and examined the cybersecurity knowledge of over 7,000 working adults in the US, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK.Proofpoint analysed data fro