Carbanak is believed to have stolen $1 billion from 100 banks using specialized cyber attack tools. Equation can infect the operating systems on hard drives. Desert Falcons is believed to have infected thousands of Windows and Android devices. What do they all have in common? They all primarily used phishing to infect their targets.

Phishing is defined as an attack that spreads malware using infected messages posing as coming from a trustworthy source. Emails, Facebook messages, tweets, and other forms of online communication can be used for phishing. Companies need to educate their employees about malware-infected emails along with building up their data encryption in order to curb the chances of a data breach. For more on phishing, click here:: We need to solve the phishing problem to balance the Equation
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