Phishing kits are the new meth labs
Phishing kits give criminal minds new paths to break bad. Imagine a DIY meth lab kit but digital, less risky, and cheap; while still promising potentially big returns.
Phishing attacks are coming to a criminal near you. The trending rise of phishing kits—simple, cheap, downloadable templates for email attacks—mean more localized and targeted attacks will likely be sliding into your employees’ inboxes. It’s important you have the tools and phishing awareness training to meet these developing challenges.
Phishing Kits are democratizing email scams and turning them into a cottage industry. The distribution and quality of phishing kit-enabled attacks are accelerating changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape.
Each industry has its own vulnerabilities and assets that need protecting. In finance, for instance, cybercriminals are essentially committing bank robberies with keyboards instead of guns; DarkSide ransomware, the gang behind the Colonial pipeline attack, has netted over $90 million in bitcoin. Over 2020, financial services surged 125% in exposure to email scams. After the launch of phishing kits in 2018, email attacks rose 48% in the financial industry, according to a report by the firm, ZeroFOX.
Incredibly cheap and worryingly effective, phishing kits recently moved from the dark web and into the ready hands of aspiring cybercriminals anywhere. From free-of-charge to $100, phishing kits equip threat actors with the tools to create and deploy a sophisticated attack.
