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Email Is the Most Common Entry Point for Ransomware Attacks

According to Barracuda Networks, 27% of organizations feel ill-prepared to handle ransomware attacks.

By Steve Hallo | April 18, 2023 at 12:00 PM
For organizations with more than 250 employees, 75% of ransomware attacks were started via email. (Credit: JustSuper/Adobe Stock) For organizations with more than 250 employees, 75% of ransomware attacks were started via email. (Credit: JustSuper/Adobe Stock)

In the past 12 months, around three-quarters of organizations reported being hit by a ransomware attack and 38% were hit twice, according to a survey from Barracuda Networks, Inc., which reported email was the starting point for 69% of companies hit by ransomware. For organizations with more than 250 employees, 75% of ransomware attacks were started via email.

As companies leverage more advanced threat protections, hackers have become more reliant on social engineering tactics such as phishing for users’ credentials, Barracuda Networks reported. Comprised accounts then become the channels through which malicious actors use to navigate inside a company’s system undetected.

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