Millennials are key targets for phishing

A new report reveals that millennials are the top targets for phishing attacks, receiving 37.5 percent of phishing emails. The latest phishing trends report from Egress also highlights the widespread adoption of AI and QR code phishing (quishing). Quishing has risen from 0.8 percent in 2021 to 10.8 percent in 2024, whereas attachment-based payloads halved from 72.7 percent to 35.7 percent in the same period. Following initial phishing email attacks, Microsoft Teams, and Slack account for 50 percent of second steps in multi-channel attacks, and the Egress Threat Intelligence team only expects this to rise in popularity amongst cybercriminals. The… [Continue Reading]