Spear Phishing
Source: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Tutorial Content
At a Glance
- Background & Terminology
- Recognising Threat Vector
- 1 Case Study
Expanding upon the preceeding Phishing, don’t Take the Bait topic, this tutorial examines the more sophisticated threat of spear phishing. Typically targeting high-value individuals, sprear phishing attacks can not only be difficult to spot, but also extremely damaging to organisations.
“The targeted nature of this attack makes it more difficult to detect as an attacker tailors the content of their message to their target.”
- Hut Six, Spear Phishing
Learning Objectives
- Verifying Action Requests
- Identification Methods
- Phishing Tactics
- Completion time: ~ 9 minutes