Where are phishing emails more likely to originate from?

By Technical Smart RKTS

Security researchers have found that phishing emails are more likely to be sent from certain countries in Eastern Europe, Central America, the Middle East and Africa.

New Delhi: Security researchers have found that phishing emails are more likely to be sent from certain countries in Eastern Europe, Central America, the Middle East and Africa. The country from which an email is sent and the number of countries it is sent to at its final destination are important warning signs of a phishing attack.

For this study, researchers from cloud security solutions provider Barracuda Networks collaborated with researchers from Columbia University. They check geolocation and network infrastructure in over 2 billion emails, including 218,000 phishing emails sent in January 2020.

In phishing attacks, attackers use psychological manipulation tactics to trick victims into providing personal information such as usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, or banking information. To find the same, you need to focus all your attention on the content of the phishing email and the attacker's behavior.