Phishing and Spearphishing Trends
The Guardian is reporting on the decline of phishing -- random emails intended to deceive such as the Nigerian millionaire scams -- and the increase in spearphishing -- targeted emails that are customized to deceive particular recipients. The article quotes Seth Berman, executive managing director at Stroz Friedberg: The weakest link in computer security is the individual user and they may not realise how easy it is to be fooled into being that weak link … phishing emails are becoming increasingly elaborate and are now successfully used to obtain trade secrets, commercially sensitive information and intellectual property. The article concludes that [...]