Spearphishing Compromises Israeli Police
TrendMicro has discovered a spearphishing attack that compromised the Israeli police. The attack forced all police computers to be taken offline. In a textbook example of effective social engineering, the attackers crafted this email which spoofed the name of a trusted sender (Benny Gantz, the head of the Israel Defense Forces), had text that was a strong call to action (in this case, a subject of immediate interest to Israeli security forces) and delivered an attachment with zero day exploits. When the recipients opened the email, they were offered the opportunity to download the enticing attachment. The attachment installed malware [...]