Cybercrime gangs are doubling down on their use of spear-phishing emails to fling ransomware at potential victims. PhishLabs: “Phishing was and continues to be, by a wide margin, the most prolific method used to distribute ransomware” The increase ties, in part, to “account reuse” attacks, in which attackers attempt to reuse email address and passwords across sites. The total number of phishing attacks targeting those five industries increased, on average, by 33 percent throughout the year.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/phisher-refrain-we-will-crypto-lock-you-a-9676