Imagine your bank telling you that your online account was hacked and that you had to reset your access credentials. You click on the link provided in the email, and it leads you to a spoofed password reset page. Without checking if the email actually came from your bank, you go ahead and enter your […]
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Last week Graphus hosted a webinar about how to protect your employees from spear phishing attacks. During the 20-minute webinar, Scott Raspa discusses how spear phishing and social engineering circumvent traditional cyber defenses by targeting every company’s weakest security link: employees. He also gives a quick demo of the Graphus software that demonstrates how the […]
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No one is safe from spear phishing attacks. Not even the highest-ranking government officials. CNN reported recently that a self-described email prankster successfully spear phished several members of the White House staff and First Family posing as the President’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner. One victim was Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert: “Tom, we are […]
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According to Wikipedia, Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing attacks are typically delivered via email and often direct recipients to enter personal information at a fake website. […]
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It’s tax season. That means cyber attacks are in high gear. A trend that started last year and has increased in frequency involves attacks focused on stealing employee W-2 information. The hackers then go on and submit false tax returns, open home equity lines of credit and commit other fraud. No business owner wants to […]
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People are your weakest link. That is what the data tell us about cybersecurity risk today. Every day there are more great tools to protect your network, endpoints and applications. Still others expose threat intelligence, more accurately report intrusion attempts and even identify nefarious behavior by insiders. Cyber criminals know this and are fueling the […]
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There are many differences between phishing, spear phishing and social engineering attacks, but they are often used interchangeably and incorrectly. That creates some confusion when people are describing attacks and planning for defense. Understanding these attack types is important. Download: Spear Phishing White Paper In our review of the 5 Agonies of Cyber Attacks, we […]
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BBC reported recently that Facebook and Google separately wired over $100 million to a single hacker in Lithuania. While these are global corporate giants, there are lessons for everyone about cybersecurity in 2017. Cyber Criminals Posing as a Supplier Facebook and Google really aren’t that special in falling for this type of scam. Not long […]
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The New York Times reported last week that spear phishing attacks have escalated recently targeting nuclear power plants, utilities and manufacturers. The article focused specifically on the threat to nuclear facilities where “spear phishing” was the common cyber attack technique. Hackers wrote highly targeted email messages containing fake résumés for control engineering jobs and sent […]
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Three years ago, Martin Engineering IT Manager Mike Komnick started to see a rise in spear phishing emails. They were supposedly from the CEO and sought to initiate wire transfers. One was even in process, but thankfully, canceled before completion. Then, two years ago, a ransomware attack was successfully delivered through a social engineering email. […]
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