New research has found that nearly half of employees (42 percent) based in the UK aren’t able to spot a scam email pretending to be from Royal Mail.
The findings have been released by OpenText Security Solutions and highlight the continued lack of awareness surrounding common scams and cybersecurity threats.
With cybercriminal activity at an all time high, the survey underlines key issues that are catching out UK employees. It reveals that with the average business being targeted 28 times by cybercriminals in the last year alone, many employees are still oblivious to common threats.
For example, the findings indicate that many employees aren’t familiar with everyday cyber threats, with 50 percent admitting that they hadn’t heard of the term DDoS (distributed denial-of-service).
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Unaware of cyberthreats
Meanwhile, 60 percent said they had no knowledge of BEB (business email compromise). And, with nearly half (44 percent) of large organisations reporting network downtime lasting longer than one day due to phishing attacks, businesses are…
