FireEye researchers have observed numerous spearphishing attacks which are using news about the disappearance of Malaysian Flight MH 370 as spearphishing bait. While FireEye is focused on the malware that is being delivered, at Iconix we are focused on the method being used to deliver the malware — spearphishing.
In each case reported by FireEye, the bad guys have exploited interest about Malaysian Flight MH 370 to deceive the email recipient into compromising his system. The deceptive email contains an equally deceptive payload which installs malware on the victim’s system.
The spearphishing attacker researchers his targets to create powerful urgency clues and perceived relevance to deceive the victim. This is the layer of protection provided by Iconix — we let IT give users simple visual indicators so that users can make better email processing decisions.
Using SP Guard, IT can determine a list of trusted senders and provide this information to staff in a simple and highly effective manner.
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