Cyber Attacks Target Human Frailty
In testimony before the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, cyber security experts from Mandiant told the Senators that intruders often use deceptive emails to compromise systems. Kevin Mandia said, They're leveraging human weaknesses and human vulnerability and trust to break into these organizations. Mandia told the senators that it is difficult to defend against deception. It is easy to deceive people. This is an example of a deceptive spearphishing email. What looked like a routine FedEx email was, in fact, a cyber attack that compromised the New York Times. Your personnel will receive [...]