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Ransom demands are down, email is the top way attackers get in

  • What: Phishing emails are the top method for ransomware attacks
  • Impact: Organizations and employees are at risk from malicious email links
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An employee opens an email that looks like any other, clicks a link, and gives up a password without noticing. A stolen login opens a door deeper in the network. Files stop opening a few days later. That chain now sits at the front of most ransomware cases. Malicious email and phishing together account for half of all incidents, based on a survey of 2,158 IT and security leaders whose organizations were hit in the … More → The post Ransom demands are down, email is the top way attackers get in appeared first on Help Net Security .

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