Threats you face every day within E-mail

Communication is a fundamental element for the interaction of people in all areas, in which there are various means that allow us to send and receive information. For many years, a widely used route has been postal mail, which with technological advances has been complemented by electronic mail or the E-mail.

Cybersecurity is today one of the growing sectors and one of the most necessary tools for business. Email attacks are one of the biggest headaches. In a globalized world, with a constant flow of data and interaction, it is easy for viruses, Trojans, ransomware and any type of malware to slip in at some point if you are not prepared. We must not underestimate and forget these malicious blows as they have the ability to sink an entire company.

It is evident that with the mass use of e-mail, it became an element helped by cybercriminals, who in an effort to take advantage of users, began to use it for malicious purposes. From then on, it was possible to identify countless campaigns that, based on the messages and attached files, sought to affect potential victims.

Risks on E-mail

▸Spam: From the collection of email accounts, the sending of spam or junk mail began to be used, carried out in bulk by an unknown sender. Spam is generally used to send advertising, although it is also used to spread malicious code, phishing campaigns or scams.

This despite the development of antispam technologies, we continue to see various Spam campaigns due to the profits they can generate for their creators and the methods used to evade security filters.

▸Phishing: Phishing is another threat that continually spreads through email. It is closely related to the use of Social Engineering, that is, the dissuasion of people to achieve a purpose that they had not contemplated to carry out.

This technique seeks to fraudulently acquire personal or confidential information of the victim, such as passwords for Internet services or details of credit and debit cards.

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