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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

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Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Here are some of the findings from the report. COVID-19 definitely affected phishing in very visible ways.

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What a difference a year makes, or does it?

Webroot

We began even more to rely on the internet as a conduit to the world. In our 2020 Webroot Threat Report , our security experts made a series of predictions related to the threat landscape. Is the threat landscape more of the same? 2020 was a year of immense change. The death of distance accelerated.