Cybercriminals shift focus to social media as attacks reach historic highs

A new report from Gen highlights a sharp rise in online threats, capping off a record-breaking 2024. Between October and December alone, 2.55 billion cyber threats were blocked – an astonishing rate of 321 per second. The risk of encountering a threat climbed to 27.7% in Q4, with social engineering attacks accounting for 86% of all blocked threats. This underscores the increasingly sophisticated psychological tactics cybercriminals are using to deceive victims. “We’re continuing to see … More

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