- VIPRE Safety Land kept 7.2 billion emails to deliver a scathing report
- He found that 90% of emails sent are classified as spam, the United States at the top of the list of spam sender
- The growing threats for 2025 include the phishing of the QR code and the adoption of Deepfakes
VIPRE treated 7.2 billion emails in 2024 and discovered 858 million spam instances, the majority was reported due to the content (437 million) or the interior links (411.62 million).
The latest search for threats by e-mail of the security company also revealed more than 90% of all emails identified as spam included unlined commercial messages and malicious phishing attempts that try to escape to the secure filtering of email providers.
VIPRE has noted that the United States is the main source of spam email, followed by the United Kingdom, with countries like Switzerland and Sweden also among the best sender.
The rise of CALSPAM and phishing
The digital age has brought an overwhelming deluge of email spam; Other recent research companies would have received 20 billion spam emails in 2024.
Salspam, or malicious spam, continues to be a significant threat, and attackers are known to change their methods of attack.
In the first quarter of 2024, 78% MALSPAM used attachments, while Q2 experienced 86% using links. In the fourth quarter, the attachments had been important, the PDF, DOCX and XLSX files being the most common malware operators.
The links remained the most common phishing tool, URL redirecting representing 51% of phishing attempts. QR codes emerged as a new attack technique, with their use in phishing emails went from 1% in the first quarter to the fourth quarter.
The VIPRE report encourages vigilance against emails, allegedly from CEOs and the main business leaders; The company noted that 70% of all scam emails use this format. These spam emails mainly target the manufacturing sector (32%), energy (9%), retail (8%), health (5%) and the government (4%). Microsoft has remained the most usrier brand with Docusign, Apple and Google at the top of the list.
To combat these evolving threats, organizations must adopt a multilayer approach to email safety. The implementation of e-mail authentication protocols such as SPF, DKIM and DMARC can help prevent usurpation and identity while investing in detection tools powered by AI can provide real-time protection Against emerging threats.
In addition, the application of Multi-Factory Authentication (MFA) via Authenticator applications adds an additional safety layer, while continuous user education is essential to identify phishing attempts.
On the Backend, behavioral analysis and final points protection systems must also be deployed to detect and block suspect messages and malware.
“This annual analysis of the email landscape provides valuable information on the threats of cybersecurity that will dispute companies in 2025,” said Usman Choudhary, director of products and technologies at Vipre Security Group.
“To counter threats by e-mail increasingly automated and improved in AI, organizations must implement solid e-mail safety technologies and promote a very vigilant culture of safety consciousness among employees, in a equal measure. This double approach presents the most realistic and effective approach to overcome threats by e-mail always advanced and difficult to install. »»
