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Whaling attacks are more targeted than phishing or spearphishing.

Whaling attacks are more targeted than phishing or spearphishing.

FromHacking Humans


Whaling attacks are more targeted than phishing or spearphishing.

FromHacking Humans

ratings:
Length:
34 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guest Kev Breen from Immersive Labs joins Dave to talk about how to address whaling attacks, Dave shares a discussion he had with. a colleague about password managers and elderly parents and Joe weighs in, Dave's story is about a smishing Trojan impersonating a Chrome app, Joe has a story about URL redirection making more effective phishing attacks, and our Catch of the Day is from a listener named Vaughn about a snail mail fraud scheme that references a website.
Links to stories:

Beware of this smishing trojan impersonating the Chrome app

Exploiting common URL redirection methods to create effective phishing attacks


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Released:
May 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Deception, influence, and social engineering in the world of cyber crime.