Between April and June of this year, more than 1 in 5 malware attacks tracked by the cybersecurity firm Mimecast targeted the professional education industry. The sector was far and away the highest-hit by spam campaigns, garnering 21.5% of the attacks. IT and SaaS came in second place at 8.87%.
Mimecast published these results in their Mimecast Threat Intelligence Report. During the period, the company tracked 160 billion emails, 67 billion of which were malicious.
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Original article: https://news.elearninginside.com/mimecast-report-finds-1-in-5-cybersecurity-threats-targeted-professional-education/
Mimecast Report: https://www.mimecast.com/globalassets/documents/whitepapers/threat-intelligence-report-black_hat_2019.pdf
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