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15 Ways to Protect Your Business From Cyber Attack
Tim Shea, President and Co-founder, Alpha NetSolutions
12/21/21
Phishing!
• FBI says phishing incidents up to 241,324 incidents in 2020, up from 114,702 in 2019
• 75 % of worldwide organizations experienced a phishing attack in 2020.
• In US, 74% of organizations were SUCCESSFULLY Phished!
Phishing Attack Methods
• 96% arrive by email
• Most sent with PDF or MS Office attachments
• 3% carried out via malicious websites
• 1% via phone (if by call it’s vishing, if by text
it’s smishing)
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