Security News > 2022 > July > HTML attachments found to be the most malicious type of file

Dll attachments as the main focus when cyberattacks arise, but there may be another type of highly used malicious file to be aware of.

According to findings from IT security company Barracuda Networks, HTML attachments are being employed by adversaries the most when it comes to cyberattacks and 21% of all HTML attachments scanned by the company were found to be malicious.

In the example provided by Barracuda, HTML attachment itself is not malicious, but eventually routes the user to a malicious site instead. HTML attachments almost double the rate of the next type of file that was found to be malicious.

PDF. So what we learned is that HTML attachments are far and away the most popular type of malicious file used by adversaries, but how does this work?

Ensure your email protection scans and blocks malicious HTML attachments.

Train your users to identify and report potentially malicious HTML attachments.

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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/html-attachments-found-to-be-the-most-malicious-type-of-file/