Email Phishing: Culprit behind Ransomware
All ransomware starts with a simple trick: To plant a malware into the target system. Email phishing is the cheapest and most common way of planting malware. Unlike other cybercrimes, email phishing makes use of social engineering techniques to prey on human emotions and behavior: greed, curiosity, fear, negligence, etc. The usual tactic is posing as legitimate businesses or authoritative bodies to pry personal information or login credentials.
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