Malicious email campaigns increase seven-fold during 2016

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JavaScript malware outnumbers malicious documents as ransomware threats continue to multiply

Malicious email campaigns skyrocketed in the fourth quarter of 2016, with the largest campaign just under seven times the size of the biggest campaign in the previous quarter - reflecting an explos...

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