Tom Burton explains how phishing emails are now the primary entry point for cyber attacks. A single click on a malicious link can open the door to hackers, and warning banners alone don't stop people from trusting emails that look familiar or expected.
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The vast majority of entrance now for cybercriminals is not by hacking. Right. It's by getting in by somebody clicking on the wrong email. And the. And it's funny, I don't know if you guys notice, this is the amount of. Of. And this mostly on the distributor side versus the manufacturer side. The amount of emails that I interchange now with people where their responses. You can see their corporate line in there that says this is from outside of our organization. Do not click on any links unless you clearly know this person and we're expecting a link or things like that. That proliferation of that is astounding to me. But it's smart, right? Because people get excited about something they think they know.