2. EMAIL IS THE No 1 THREAT VECTOR
225B e mails per day
90% THREATS START BY E MAIL
99% OF HACKERS RELY ON USERS TO RUN
MALICIOUS CODE
IMPACTS:
MALWARE INFECTION / COMPROMISED ACCOUNTS / LOSS
OF DATA
Threats
using social
engineering
7. Spoofing E mail
addresses
The tools necessary to spoof email addresses are surprisingly easy to get. All you need is a working
SMTP server (aka, a server that can send email), and the right mailing software.