Phishing attacks last year tripled from 2018, Singapore News & Top
Source: The Straits Times
Published on: 2020-06-26 21:15
Cases also spiked during 3 months this year when people stayed home amid pandemic The number of phishing attempts to trick users to give up personal information almost tripled last year from the year before, and doubled during the months when people had to stay home to stem the spread of Covid-19. Revealing this in its latest report, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said there were 47,500 cases of phishing here last year, compared with 16,100 cases in 2018. This mirrors global trends as the number of phishing attacks around the world spiked last year, and was the highest since 2016. In a Facebook post yesterday, Minister-in-charge of Cyber Security S. Iswaran said phishing continued to be a popular tool for hackers, with 1,500 dubious links sent between March and May - twice as many compared with the preceding three months. Said Mr Iswaran, who is also Minister for Commu...
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