Europol: Spear phishing the most prevalent cyber threat affecting orgs across the EU

guest · Nov 4, 2019

Europol: Spear phishing the most prevalent cyber threat affecting orgs across the EU
November 4, 2019
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/11/04/spear-phishing-eu/

Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation or business for the purposes of distributing malware or extracting sensitive information. As reflected in this year’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), spear phishing is the number one attack vector and enabler for the vast majority of cybercrime.

The report is the result of a two-day meeting with the European Cybercrime Centre’s 70 key industry partners from internet security, telecommunications and financial services.
At the same time, the report highlights some of the challenges related to information-sharing and the investigation of spear phishing attacks.

Steven Wilson, Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre said: “Spear phishing is a major enabler of some of the most serious forms of cybercrime, especially ransomware, and can cause real harm to European citizens and organizations.
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Europol: Europol Publishes Law Enforcement and Industry Report on Spear Phishing
Report: "Spear Phishing - A Law Enforcement and Cross-Industry Perspective"
(PDF - 2.58 MB): https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/report_on_phishing_-_a_law_enforcement_perspective.pdf

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