- Yubico warns that social engineering attacks become more powerful thanks to AI
- Generation Z is the most sensitive to phishing
- Almost half have never received a cybersecurity training
We have all heard the warnings on the damage that social engineering can do – but a particular demography is always distinguished as the most sensitive to attacks – and it is perhaps not who you think.
New research by Yubico claim that Gen Z workers (those born between 1997 and 2012) are those who leave the side, with an alarming report of 62% having engaged in a social engineering attack (opening an attachment, clicking on a link, etc.) in the past year.
Social engineering attacks do not only become more frequent, but also more powerful – it has been largely reported to what extent the phishing attacks fueled by AI are increasing and become smarter, claiming more victims than ever with deep buttocks and convincing voice clones.
Low confidence
In fact, a large majority (70%) of those questioned said they thought that phishing attempts were more successful thanks to the use of AI, and 78% narcotics have seen that the latter become more sophisticated.
When they presented a phishing email to them, the majority (54%) thought that it was authentically written by a human, or was not sure, stressing how convincing these attacks have become – although respondents of all ages have obtained in a similar way in this task.
Quite worryingly, a large proportion of workers said that he had never received a cybersecurity training (40%), and the deployment rate for multi -factory authentication (MFA) is just under half (48%) – which means that a large proportion of organizations are not protected at a very fundamental level.
Only 26% of those questioned considered passwords as the most secure authentication method, but they remain the most common – with 56% using them for working accounts and 60% using them for their personal accounts.
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