Study: Warning Signs of Phishing Attacks
New Barracuda study reveals geographic and network warning signs of phishing attacks. The country email originated from and the number of countries it was routed through on its way to its final destination are major warning signs of phishing attacks. A new study by Barracuda in collaboration with Columbia University analyzed the geolocation and network infrastructure of more than 2 billion emails sent in January 2020, including 218.000 phishing emails. The research showed that phishing emails were more likely to come from certain countries in parts of Eastern Europe, Central America, the Middle East, and Africa. 2 billion…