What is a baiting attack?

What is a baiting attack?

3 years ago
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gmail-accounts-are-used-in-91-percent-of-all-baiting-email-attacks/

Bait attacks are on the rise, and it appears that actors who distribute this special kind of phishing emails prefer to use Gmail accounts to conduct their attacks.

According to a report by Barracuda, who surveyed 10,500 organizations, 35% of them received at least one bait attack email in September 2021 alone.