2023 Phishing Trends Report

In 2023, ZeroFox Intelligence observed an evolution in the types of phishing tactics most commonly used by increasingly sophisticated cyber attackers. Here’s what we learned:

• Email attachments remain a primary delivery method for malicious software in phishing attacks.
• Increasingly diverse file types are being leveraged to circumvent security controls.
• Threat actors are increasingly able to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) security protocols.
• Phishing-as-a-Service continues to proliferate in both dark web marketplaces and private messaging channels.
• The threat from SEO cloaking, web page hijacking, and URL redirecting is trending upward.