This article explores Hornetsecurity’s comprehensive analysis of email-based threats, shedding light on prevalent attack methods, emerging trends, and key insights into malicious tactics.
The Monthly Threat Report by Hornetsecurity brings you monthly insights into M365 security trends, email-based threats, and commentary on current events in the cybersecurity space. This edition of the Monthly Threat Report focuses on the most important industry news from January 2025.
Email-based attacks rose in Q4 2024, with archives, PDFs, and HTML files being the most common payloads. The education sector became one of the top three targeted industries, alongside mining and entertainment. DocuSign was the most impersonated brand, with attacks on telecom sectors in the US and UK and Costa Rica’s critical infrastructure during December.