Despite its advantages as a communication tool, most emails people receive are useless and unnecessary. 85% of all emails are considered spam. Some spam is merely annoying, but other spam messages are dangerous. At least 3 billion phishing emails show up in inboxes every day. Phishing emails are fraudulent messages meant to steal people’s personal information. They often act as the first step of a sophisticated cyberattack. How safe are your emails? Not very.
Private individuals are common victims of cybercrime, but large companies are not exempt from the problem either. When a ransomware cyberattack locked down Colonial Pipeline’s digital equipment, the criminals crippled the supply line and triggered a massive gas panic. Integrated ransomware once halted a 5th of JBS’s meat production, disrupting the market.
