Proofpoints Q3 2016 Threat Summary outlined some disturbing trends. It highlighted how email, social media and mobile serve as attack vectors that lie outside the enterprise’s perimeter. The volume of malware-laced spam emails also reached historically high numbers. Social phishing efforts aimed at tricking users into handing over their account credentials has doubled since the second quarter. Exploit kit (EK) activity decreased 65 percent in the third quarter compared to the second.”]
Source: https://securityintelligence.com/news/proofpoint-threat-report/