No evaluation of threat trends would be complete without an examination of spam and phishing. Though spam is generally thought of as more of a nuisance issue and phishing perceived as a consumer-level threat, these assumptions are in error. Both of these threats are ones that enterprises must concern themselves with.
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Though spam may seem more a nuisance than threat, it has long been used as a delivery mechanism for both malware and phishing attacks. Figure 1 shows just how massive the spam problem really is.