Spearphishing – The Hack of Choice
Our friends at Trend Micro have just released a study called "Spear-Phishing Email: Most Favored APT Attack Bait" discussing the methods used to infiltrate systems in APT - Advanced Persistent Attacks. The findings? 91% of targeted attacks arrive via email. Spearphishing emails deliver their malware using three different delivery methods: Malicious Attachments, which, when opened, install malware Malicious Links, which, when clicked and followed, install malware Other Methods, such as instructions to visit a website or call a telephone number. Of these methods, the overwhelming favorite used by attackers was malicious attachments. Source: Trend Micro In addition to revealing [...]