Cybercrime gangs are doubling down on their use of spear-phishing emails to fling ransomware at potential victims, new research confirms. Phishing attacks often trick victims into entering their credentials into real-looking but fake login pages. The increase ties, in part, to “account reuse” attacks, in which attackers attempt to reuse email address and passwords across sites. “Fighting back against ransomware requires fighting back against phishing,” cybersecurity firm PhishLabs says. The number of phishing attacks targeting those five industries increased, on average, by 33 percent throughout 2016.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/phisher-refrain-we-will-crypto-lock-you-a-9676