From the course: Cisco Network Security: Content and Endpoint Security
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Email malware
From the course: Cisco Network Security: Content and Endpoint Security
Email malware
- [Narrator] Email is by far the most commonly used communication tool for business and personal use. More than 100 billion corporate email messages are exchanged every day. Although highly effective, email can pose a security risk. Some threats include malware that is introduced through an employee's email. Email can carry a wide variety of extensions. Devices in malware protection recognize these extensions as possible threats and are quarantined. I'm at this website where we can see a list of common, dangerous, and malicious file extensions. I'll scroll down. As you can see, there are quite a few of them. So, if for whatever reason you're not getting a file, it may have been quarantined because it has one of these extensions and is recognized as a possible threat. Phishing attacks encourage the recipient to click on a link and share confidential information. A phishing attack can lead to a ransomware attack or a phishing attack can get the user to click on a link and download…
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