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Legitimate but compromised websites made up the remaining 33%.

This forces the victims to deploy additional countermeasures to combat the threat.

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In general, VIPREs tools detected 233.9 million malicious emails in the third quarter of the year, alone.

110 millionemailswere attributed to malicious content, while 118 million to malicious attachments.

Phishing and spam remain one of the most popular attack vectors for every hackers arsenal.

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