Experts Weigh in on the State of Email-Based Threats | Huntress

This expert Q&A summarizes how email remains a primary vector for ransomware and phishing, describing pandemic-driven increases in attacks, social-engineering tactics, delivery methods (malicious links, weaponized attachments, JS/VBA, images prompting macro enablement), evasion techniques (obfuscation, cloaking, living-off-the-land and fileless execution), and concrete mitigation recommendations including automated email inspection, attachment/link vetting, user training, and privileged-user focus.