Tag Archive for: Spear

How to Avoid Spear Phishing Attacks – PC Magazine

It’s not clear exactly how much personal data the perpetrators of the Sony PlayStation Network hack obtained, but is definitely much worse that the Epsilon data breach earlier this month. The Epsilon breach just exposed names and email addresses …
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How to sniff out ‘spear phishing’ scams – East Valley Tribune

Q: How can I tell the difference between a fake email scam and a legit email from the companies that I do business with? — Clint A: The recent security breach at one of the world’s largest email marketing companies (Epsilon) means that we are all …
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Spear phishing leads cyber attack wave: IBM – Computerworld Australia

Targeted attacks against enterprise networks are on the increase as cyber criminals change tactics, according to security experts. In its 2010 Trend and Risk Report , IBM security division, X-Force, noted that while phishing attacks had declined to a …
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Spear Phishing Attacks Leverage Libya Crisis to Deliver Exploit – Softpedia

Security researchers from Symantec warn of highly targeted attacks that leverage the crisis in Libya to deliver an exploit via email and infect key computers. The emails pose as replies to previous messages about the current situation in the Arab country …
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