A new threat: Beware, security threats may be hiding in your mailbox

A malicious email evading an organisation’s security measures and landing in a user’s inbox would need equal attention as block threats in the first place. Researchers of IT security firm Barracuda recently looked at 3,500 organisations globally to better understand threat patterns and response practices. They identified that an average organisation with 1,100 users will experience around 15 email security incidents per month, and on average 10 employees will be impacted by each phishing attack that manages to get through. The researchers also found that 3% of employees will have the tendency to click on a link in a malicious email, exposing the entire organisation to hackers for conducting a successful attack.