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How to blunt spear phishing attacks

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How to blunt spear phishing attacks
According to Allen Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, 95% of all attacks on enterprise networks are the result of successful spear phishing. In other words, somebody received an email and either clicked on a link or opened a file that they weren't supposed to. Read More


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