Spear Phishing Congress? State Legislatures?

Most of them are old people that click on every link/attachment they get in their email and then tell the IT guy, “I don’t know what I did!”

So glad that IT isn’t my career…I think I’d end up going postal.

“…Wait … what the heck is a “spear phish attack?”

“It’s an email that sends you a link to a site that looks legit – like the real Bank of America site – but instead it’s a fake site and they get your password and other info and steal from you,” technology expert Karl Steinborn explained to FITS….”

Actually Will, a spear fish attack is a little more insidious than that, from Computer World: “…similar to regular phishing scams in that they try to lure victims into sharing confidential data or downloading Trojan horse programs….spear phishing is far more targeted, and the e-mails are much more customized than regular phishing missives.

Spear fish attacks are generally targeted at a specific group of people rather than the world at large, they are often launched using stolen email lists from professional or social organizations. Because they are so targeted the smaller number of emails often doesn’t prompt the general warnings you will see on other e-scams. Always check the URL of any link before you click on it, if you’re not sure, call the organization from their published number vice a phone number on the email.