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99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of malicious emails that reached user inboxes delivered malware. This shows that while common pre-delivery email defenses are effective at stopping malware, they are far less capable of blocking high risk threats like business email compromise and credential phishing. 49% of the Q4 attacks targeted Microsoft 365 credentials as they can … More → The post Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware appeared first on Help Net Security.

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