• KNOWBE4 investigated employees all over the world to measure their confidence to discover phishing
• Many self -assured people have also fallen victim in the past
• Education and transparency is the key to fighting phishing, scientists said

Despite being sure of their ability to spot phishing, many employees are still falling for such scams, new research has claimed.

A report from Knowbe4 warns of “wrongly placed confidence” which can cause even more problems for businesses, which shows that almost everyone (86%) of respondents believes they can safely identify phishing -e emails.