Spear-phishing is a version of the scam targeted at one person or a specific company, and is usually heavily customised to make it more believable. One victim whose account was compromised told ...
What they had missed was the email address — it was missing the ".au" at the end. The Robinsons were likely victims of what's called a "spear phishing" attack — a personalised impersonation scam where ...
Spear-phishing' is a sub-type of 'phishing', which ... and credit card details for malicious reasons. These type of scams are called phishing because you can think of them like that.
A Gold Coast couple lost $250,000 in a highly-personalised scam that took them weeks to realise. One expert says the couple likely fell victim to a "spear phishing" attack — a scam that ...
The financially motivated threat actor FIN7 targeted a large U.S. car maker with spear-phishing emails for employees in the IT department to infect systems with the Anunak backdoor. The UK ...