Sharp spears
Increasingly it is the spear in spear phishing that is being sharpened, with criminals pulling together more details about you to make their efforts to make you open your wallet more convincing. For example, sending a message apparently from the same bank with which you have an account.
It’s not just home users under attack – corporates are targeted too, and with the growth in hacking attacks linked to nation states and overseas governments, sophisticated and sustained campaigns of spear phishing have succeeded in stealing information from firms and organisations across Europe. Symantec recorded a 62% rise in data breaches from spear phishing in 2013.
The answer has to be better training and keen user awareness. Because for all the tools included in browsers and email readers to try and help users spot these deceits, many still fall for highly targeted phishing mails – and often only one user with access to a corporate site is required for attackers to ratchet up their access to the network.
As the Institution of Engineering and Technology recently told a parliamentary committee, now that we all use computers, all of the time, security is far too important to leave to just a few specialists.
Sharp spears
Increasingly it is the spear in spear phishing that is being sharpened, with criminals pulling together more details about you to make their efforts to make you open your wallet more convincing. For example, sending a message apparently from the same bank with which you have an account.
It’s not just home users under attack – corporates are targeted too, and with the growth in hacking attacks linked to nation states and overseas governments, sophisticated and sustained campaigns of spear phishing have succeeded in stealing information from firms and organisations across Europe. Symantec recorded a 62% rise in data breaches from spear phishing in 2013.
The answer has to be better training and keen user awareness. Because for all the tools included in browsers and email readers to try and help users spot these deceits, many still fall for highly targeted phishing mails – and often only one user with access to a corporate site is required for attackers to ratchet up their access to the network.
As the Institution of Engineering and Technology recently told a parliamentary committee, now that we all use computers, all of the time, security is far too important to leave to just a few specialists.
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