Thankfully, as cybersecurity awareness has improved, more people now know how to spot a basic phishing scam. Looking for spelling errors, not trusting unknown email addresses, and being wary of overly urgent messages are standard practices.  

Despite this, phishing remains the most common attack by far, and it’s an effective one, too. In fact, many large-scale ransomware attacks begin as phishing scams. Let’s find out how phishing attacks continue to scam people and how to identify increasingly advanced scams.

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One of these techniques is using cybersecurity proxies. But how can you use proxies for cybersecurity? In this blog, we aim to answer this vital question.

Cybercrime Statistics

Global statistics point to cybercrime as an ever-growing problem affecting the entire world. Cybercrime covers a plethora of unauthorized activities, many of which can hurt businesses by either usurping part of their revenue or soiling their reputation. From a user’s perspective, cybercrime can also lead to losses of hard-earned income or breach of their personal data and sensitive information.

With proxy servers, however, both businesses and individuals can protect themselves.

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