Phishing gets more personal and harder to detect

guest · Feb 12, 2019

Phishing gets more personal and harder to detect
February 12, 2019
https://betanews.com/2019/02/12/phishing-personal-harder-to-detect/

An analysis of phishing attacks in the final quarter of 2018 reveals the majority of attacks showed an increase in target personalization, making them considerably more difficult to detect.

The study by email protection start up INKY shows 12 percent of phishing attacks in the period took the form of corporate VIP impersonations, 10 percent were sender forgery and six percent were via corporate email spoofing.

"Even the most informed and vigilant members of an organization that take extra measures to practice proper cybersecurity posture can fall prey to phishing attacks that are becoming indistinguishable from legitimate channels of communication."
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INKY's 2018 Q4 Email Security Report
(PDF): https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4660171/4Q18%20INKY%20Phishing%20Report.pdf

mirimir · Feb 13, 2019

So just don't do anything serious without telephone confirmation. Using a number that you knew already.

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