Nasty CAPTCHAs suckered 50 times more clicks during 2020 than non-pandemic year before. Steganography attacks snagged three out of eight recipients. More than one in three people targeted in steganography campaigns in the past year said Yes, please and clicked. The use of data-loss prevention (DLP) alerts spiked with the rise of work-from-home, Proofpoint researchers said. The company s annual Human Factor 2021 report looked at how people play into risk, including where users are most vulnerable.
Source: https://threatpost.com/we-covid-clicked-on-garbage-report-podcast/168340/