Microsoft Warns of Spear Phishing Attacks, Shares Tips to Dodge Them

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Microsoft Warns of Spear Phishing Attacks, Shares Tips to Dodge Them
December 2, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...r-phishing-attacks-shares-tips-to-dodge-them/

Microsoft today warned users of the dangers behind spear phishing attacks used by threat actors to target specific individuals, in their attempts to infect them with malware, harvest sensitive information, or trick them into making fraudulent payments.

"They are so targeted, in fact, that we sometimes refer to them as 'laser' phishing," Microsoft says. "And because these attacks are so focused, even tech-savvy executives and other senior managers have been duped into handing over money and sensitive files by a well-targeted email. That’s how good they are."
Redmond's Cybersecurity Field CTO Diana Kelley and Cybersecurity Solutions Group Senior Manager Seema Kathuria highlight the steps attackers go through while preparing and running spear phishing attacks.

Thus, threat actors that operate this type of campaigns, would first run reconnaissance tasks in an effort to identify potential targets within an organization and a sender that would trick the potential victims into acting first and thinking later. [...] get out with the data they were targeting or perform a wide range of malicious actions after infecting the victim's system with malware.
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