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In the cybercrime war being fought across international boundaries, the recent Gmail hack of top U.S. and South Korean officials makes one thing clear, analysts say: the bad guys are winning.
Last Wednesday Google announced that hundreds of Gmail accounts were compromised in a "spear-phishing" assaulttargeted attacks that duped victims into revealing their Gmail passwords through e-mails that pose as people or companies known to end user.
"In the olden dayssome five years agoyou could give standard advice on safe computer behavior, like don't go to sketchy web site and don't open e-mail attachments from people you don't know, now you don't have to go to a porn site to get infected ... and (scammers) have enough information about you so they can create an e-mail that seems like someone you know," says Thomas Parenty, a computer security specialist and former employee at the U.S. National Security Agency.
The best solution lies in user preparation. As long as people continue to be fooled by cybercriminals they will continue to cyberheist companies and individuals. Proof up your employees against cybercrime with Internet security awareness training. Take a free Internet security phishing test!
For the full story on the Google Gmail attach click here: Gmail attack shows growing cybercrime sophistication
Stu Sjouwerman
KnowBe4
[/caption]In the cybercrime war being fought across international boundaries, the recent Gmail hack of top U.S. and South Korean officials makes one thing clear, analysts say: the bad guys are winning.
Last Wednesday Google announced that hundreds of Gmail accounts were compromised in a "spear-phishing" assaulttargeted attacks that duped victims into revealing their Gmail passwords through e-mails that pose as people or companies known to end user.
"In the olden dayssome five years agoyou could give standard advice on safe computer behavior, like don't go to sketchy web site and don't open e-mail attachments from people you don't know, now you don't have to go to a porn site to get infected ... and (scammers) have enough information about you so they can create an e-mail that seems like someone you know," says Thomas Parenty, a computer security specialist and former employee at the U.S. National Security Agency.
The best solution lies in user preparation. As long as people continue to be fooled by cybercriminals they will continue to cyberheist companies and individuals. Proof up your employees against cybercrime with Internet security awareness training. Take a free Internet security phishing test!
For the full story on the Google Gmail attach click here: Gmail attack shows growing cybercrime sophistication
Stu Sjouwerman
KnowBe4
