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title: "Top tips to protect your business from becoming a malware hub - IT SECURITY GURU"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/top-tips-to-protect-your-business-from-becoming-a-malware-hub-it-security-guru/"
date: "2017-08-18T06:03:42+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Malware"
  - "Phishing"
  - "Software Security"
source: "itsecurityguru.org"
source_url: "http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/18/top-tips-protect-business-becoming-malware-hub/"
---

# Top tips to protect your business from becoming a malware hub - IT SECURITY GURU

August 18, 2017 · Reported by itsecurityguru.org

> Email is indisputably a critical enterprise communication tool essential for sending important documents quickly and efficiently between employees, managers, HR, finance, sales, legal, customers, supply chain and more.
>
> Unfortunately, organisations often do not understand that the file-types used every day to share important information – standard files like Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PDFs – are also the most common attack vectors widely used for the distribution of malware.

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**Tags:** [Malware](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/malware/) · [Phishing](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/phishing/) · [Software Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/software-security/)