'Spear phisher' proves why you should be skeptical of LinkedIn updates 

'Spear phisher' proves why you should be skeptical of LinkedIn updates

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 15 April 2011 9:52 AM
Trusteer experiment found half of social networkers would go to a landing page if asked.
Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed 

Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 8 January 2010 12:22 PM
Outlook Express and IronPort amongst those breached.
Major smartphone brands fall to spear phishing experiment 

Major smartphone brands fall to spear phishing experiment

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 30 October 2009 9:58 AM
Smartphones are falling to spear phishing campaigns after they receive a fake LinkedIn invitation from 'Bill Gates'.
Spear phishing now greatest threat to companies 

Spear phishing now greatest threat to companies

In Messaging - By Cath Everett, 16 September 2009 10:35 AM
Client-side vulnerabilities the biggest risk, warns report.
23 per cent of users fall for spear phishing 

23 per cent of users fall for spear phishing

In Hackers - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 11 March 2009 10:36 AM
A new study found that 23 per cent of people worldwide will fall for spear phishing attacks.
10,000 LinkedIn users targeted in spear phishing attack 

10,000 LinkedIn users targeted in spear phishing attack

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 October 2008 9:48 AM
A LinkedIn "spear phishing" email scam loaded malicious software to steal usernames and passwords.
IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives 

IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 4 June 2007 9:50 AM
The IRS and malware researchers warned this week of spear phishing scams specifically targeting corporate executives.
Spear phishing reaches epidemic proportions  

Spear phishing reaches epidemic proportions

By William Eazel, 26 October 2005 11:55 AM
The global plague of highly targeted "spear phishing" is reaching epidemic proportions with new research claiming that some firms are even resorting to launching fake attacks ...
User education key defense against spear phishing 

User education key defense against spear phishing

By Marcia Savage, 17 August 2005 10:04 PM
Educating users about "spear phishing" by testing them via mock phishing drills can help protect organizations against the new trend in online crime, experts said Wednesday.
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