Phishing attacks up 40 percent in 2023

Kaspersky's annual spam and phishing report, released today, shows its anti-phishing system thwarted over 709 million attempts to access phishing and scam websites in 2023 -- a 40 percent increase over 2022. There's also been a surge in attacks spread via messaging platforms, including 62,127 phishing attempts on Telegram -- a 22 percent increase from the year before. AI platforms, social media services, and cryptocurrency exchanges are the other most-exploited channels. While widespread integration of technologies featuring built-in GPT chats has provided scammers with new avenues to exploit, attackers have not forgotten their time-honored tactics. High-profile releases, events, and premieres,… [Continue Reading]