SC Media: Malicious Emails Pelting Inboxes Hit All-time High in Q1, 2023

Posted on July 18, 2023

According to the latest research by Fortra’s PhishLabs, in Q1 2023, about a quarter of emails landing in inboxes were classified as “do not engage” or malicious. SC Media shared key insights from the report. 

Originally published in SC Media

Excerpt:  

“Drilling down into those malicious emails, PhishLabs said malware-laced emails delivered their payloads mostly as attachments, such as OneNote and Adobe documents and via HTML smuggling campaigns. It was the second quarter in a row QBot topped malware payloads. QBot is malware best known for features like self-propagation, streamlined command-and-control communication and stealthy sandbox detection capabilities, researchers said.” 

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