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Remote Workers Face Growing Threats from Phishing

Attacks

Analysis Shows Phishing Strikes Up 61% Over 2021, With a 50% Increase on Mobile
Devices

By Patrick Harr, CEO, SlashNext

Hybrid offices and BYOD policies have reorganized the workplace forever, and this shift has also
amplified the risks of phishing attacks on remote workers. Security teams need to protect against phishing
gangs that increasingly breach organizations through clever social engineering scams on employees’
personal devices, or through private messaging apps such as SMS texts, Slack, and WhatsApp.

Cyber attackers employ nefarious social engineering techniques such as spoofed websites or fake links
to deceive people into giving away sensitive data by mistake. The attackers can then use the breach
entry point to install malware on an organization’s infrastructure, such as encrypted ransomware for
extortion purposes.

The recently released SlashNext State of Phishing Report analyzed billions of link-based URLs,
attachments, and natural language messages sent by email, mobile, and browser channels over six

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