15 February 2012

Identify a Phishing Message in Five Steps

From IT Business Edge

Spear phishing, a type of email spoof, targets individuals or departments within organizations and attempts to elicits a desired action that could install malware, compromise login names and passwords and steal data. Use Paul Mah's simple checklist to spot potential phishing messages.

From the network breach at RSA to theft of intellectual property in Operation Aurora, it is no secret that some of the most visible hacking involves the use of spear phishing. A targeted form of phishing that is custom-made for a specific organization, a spear phishing email message seeks to elicit a desired action that could result in a Trojan being loaded, or the unintended leaking of confidential or privileged data.
As Paul Mah has written in the past, defending against spear phishing is a challenging task that mandates some amount of user training. To assist organizations on this front, Paul has come up with a simple checklist to help identify a potential phishing message.

To have access to  Paul's  checklist visit the following URL:
http://goo.gl/lmpZR