Tag: Spear Phishing
Epsilon security breach: we’re all targets to spear phishing now!
You’ve been told time and again to be careful about who you give your email address to, and to NOT give any personal information to businesses you don’t know or trust. But what about the BIG guys you do trust? Epsilon just experienced a security breach resulting in a major data theft. (Apr 04, 2011)
Ego Stroking Spear Phishing
Senior managers and executives get spam that is a little different than most users. Spammers like to stroke their egos to get through the door. (Mar 03, 2011)
Spear Phishing with unsecured databases
Remember the old phishing emails that starting with “Dear User1”? Well, those days have passed and scammers have gotten to know you better. And where’s the best place to do that - Facebook? Yes of course, but that’s not the only source of information. (Feb 14, 2011)
Latest spear phishing wave targets companies
Let’s say your name is Jim and you get this email. It looks like this Michelle knows you but you can’t really remember who she is. Since you have 8,641,037 friends on Facebook, you decide to trust the email (it’s not perfect, but it’s not as full of typos as typical spam, so that’s a start!). (Nov 12, 2010)
Email Security Matters: A Look Back at the Year
Email Security Matters just turned one and we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to highlight some of the top posts of the year. (Oct 01, 2010)
Word of the Week: Phishing
This week's Word of the Week is Phishing. What exactly does it involve and how can you prevent unsuspecting people from becoming victims of it? According to Wikipedia, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames,passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. (Aug 26, 2010)
Spear Phishing: Is Your Boss a Whale?
Spear and whale phishing 1have been around for a while now, but recent social engineering efforts are focusing more on company executives. An example is this type of email: it certainly looks legit at first glance; even the phone number and address – right down to the floor number – are correct. But take a closer look at the URL used in the links: the real site has no relation to puzzlejs-mailing.com. (Jul 29, 2010)
My spam is different from your spam!
The type of spam you receive depends on many things, including your behavior on the net, how you use your email address, your position in a company and much more. As a software company executive I receive a very particular stream, one that is probably very different than what most people receive. Well, at least that's what our Security Operations team tells me. (Jul 22, 2010)
Why can’t you stop this spam?
Maybe you’ve seen more spam hitting your Inbox over the past couple of months and wondering, “Why am I paying for filtering? This stuff is obviously spam – why can’t you guys stop it?” The main challenges of being in the spam filtering business are dealing with clients’ expectations on the one hand, and the sheer size of the spam/malware machine on the other. (Apr 16, 2010)
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