FBI – #1 Attack is Spearphishing
The Los Angeles Times recently posted an interview with Austin Berglas, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's cyber branch in New York. In the interview, Special Agent Berglas discussed cyber threats against America. Among the threats he discussed were the vulnerabilities of the banking industry and the stock exchanges. He observed: Our message always boils down to everybody protecting themselves while on the Internet.... The No. 1 vector of attack for these bad guys is social engineering — the spear phish, the phishing e-mails ... This is certainly good advice - protect yourself from spearphishing. But how do you [...]