One in nine email users had encountered email malware during the first half of 2017, as per the findings of a recent research done by security professionals. Email is by far the most popular method for attackers to spread malicious code. Around 8000 businesses have reportedly encountered email attacks based on BEC scams per month. Users working in the manufacturing, retail trade, construction and mining industries encountered 1.5 times more spam emails compared to others. Users in wholesale trade industry would in fact encounter twice as much spam emails as the average user would.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/one-nine-email-users-encounter-malware-one/