Security Awareness – Human Factors of Cyber Attacks
Exploiting technical vulnerabilities is only part of the threat-scape – typically accomplished by the more sophisticated (or well-resourced) actors or groups. However, by volume, threat actors spend much more time and effort hitting us in our inboxes, via infected websites, and exploiting other human vectors, such as phones and MFA. Proofpoint’s 2023 Human Factor Report corroborates the countless incidents we see every day, that social engineering remains the most common technique with the vast majority using some element of psychological manipulation.
