A recent article posted at techviral describes how Indian cyberattackers are using spearphishing to attack Pakistani and UAE websites. The post discusses how the Indian hacking groups called the Shakti Campaign and the VVV use deceptive emails to gain control of targeted computers. It’s a fact pattern we have seen many times before.  The victim receives a deceptive email pretending to be from a trusted source. The victim clicks a link or opens an attachment, launching a sequence of events that gives system access to the attacker.

The crucial step in these attacks is the user’s intervention — the user must be deceived into taking the action desired by the attacker.  Fight back against deception with SP Guard from Iconix!