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According to Verizon, 78% of organizations experienced email-based ransomware attacks in 2021, with 15 million phishing messages containing malware being directly linked to later-stage ransomware. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a dramatic rise in phishing attacks, with Trend Micro data showing a whopping 137.6% growth in 2020 alone. Part of the proliferation of email-based attacks can be linked to the rise in the growing trend of the overarching notion of crime as a…

With thousands of devices and increasingly distributed IT environments, it’s easy for organizations to lose track of open IP addresses, admin accounts, and infrastructure configurations. That creates an opening for cybercriminals to exploit with ransomware and other types of attacks. Enterprises can protect themselves by evolving traditional IT inventory practices into robust cybersecurity audit procedures as part of an overall attack surface risk management approach. Cybercriminals are constantly hunting for openings and weaknesses to exploit…