Security News > 2018 > April > Ransomware reigns supreme in 2018, as phishing attacks continue to trick employees

2018-04-10 04:01
Ransomware was the cause of 39% of malware-related data breaches, more than double that of last year, according to Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report.
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