By Nathaniel Raymond
The importance of fast and efficient shipping solutions has increased for households and businesses. This is especially true during the holiday season when demand for shipping services is high. Cofense Intelligence asked whether malicious shipping-themed emails increased during the holiday season. This sparked a three-year trend analysis from 2021 to 2023 that targeted several industries. While it might seem logical that the number of malicious emails related to shipping would increase during this time, the trend analysis suggests that the increase in malicious email volume only increases slightly during the holiday season. It also indicates that malicious shipping-themed email volumes significantly threaten several industries all year round as volume trends tend to be consistent, with higher volumes in June, October, and November and the lowest in April...read more!
