Be Aware of Phishing Psychology... :) :P Phishing emails are without a doubt one of the biggest security issues consumers and businesses face today. Cybercriminals no longer send out thousands of emails at random hoping to get a handful of hits, today they create highly targeted phishing emails which are tailored to suit their recipients. While these emails can take more time and effort on the hackers’ side, there is no doubting the fact that provides a much bigger return on investment. Cybercriminals understand that we are a generation of clickers and they use this to their advantage. They will take the time to create sophisticated phishing emails because they understand that today users can tell-apart spam annoyances from useful email, however they still find it difficult identifying phishing emails, particularly when they are tailored to suit each recipient individually. As a result of this, over the last three years there has been a dramatic increase in the volume of targeted spear-phishing and long-lining fake emails, which are so sophisticated that they fool security software and humans alike into thinking they are genuine, and that the links are harmless, in fact they can link to malicious websites or pages on legitimate websites which criminals have manipulated to serve up malware. The most shocking aspect is that fake emails are so convincing and compelling that they fool 10% of recipients into clicking on the malicious link. To put that into context a legitimate marketing department at a FTSE 100 company typically expects
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 07:10:48 +0000
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