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Figure 13 Social Engineering Explained
Email threats could be delivered through a harmful link or attachment.

Harmful links or attachments may contain phishing links, malicious samples, spoofing or malicious exploits. So,
malicious email links or attachments could be considered as infection vector for many threats. As you implement email
security measures, you should be aware of the email security threats, that are listed below:

Phishing is a method that hackers employ to trick users' into giving their personal/private information like credit card
numbers and login information (refer to figure 13).

Malware that can cause disruption to your systems.

Ransomware is a malicious program that encrypts the data on a victim's computer and asks for money in order to undo
this encryption. A common attack vector to deliver ransomware is malicious emails. Figure 14 explains a ransomware
infection scenario:

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