EMAIL
T H E WEAK EST L I N K
THERE A RE A PPROXIM ATELY
215 BIL LION
EMA ILS SEN T EVERY DAY
1
91% OF ALL CYBER CRIMES
BEGIN WITH AN EMAIL
2
ATTACKER MOTIVATIONS
FOR SPEAR PHISHING AND RANSOMWARE
$$
B USIN ESS DISRUP T I ON
R E P U TATI O N A L DA M AG E
FINANCIAL
RANSOMWARE INFECTION VIA EMAIL
RECON
SOCI AL ENGI NEE RING
S P E AR P H IS H ING
The attacker targets a healthcare
adminstrator — learning about
him through social media.
An email is crafted to appear like
it’s from the healthcare
administrator's manager,
recommending a critical
software update.
The healthcare administrator,
assuming the email is real, clicks
on a link embedded in the email to
install the software update.
IN F E C TIO N
CONTACT CNC
MIS S ION AC C OMP L IS H E D
Ransomware is downloaded
from the attacker’s server and
infects the healthcare
administrator's machine.
Activated malicious code
triggers a callback to a
command-and-control server.
The healthcare administrator's
data is encrypted and a ransom
is demanded.
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1 Radicati Group Email Statistics Report, 2015-2019.
2 https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hacker-lexicon-spear-phishing
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