Pictures of Donald Trump rushed from a campaign stage,
his cheek brushed with blood from an assassination attempt, are an unsettling shock.
It pains me to say that as I write this early Sunday morning, at this very same time, I am sure cyber criminals are typing away as well, creating all manner of social engineering attacks using this stunning event.
I suggest you warn your users right away against the inevitable wave of news about this event. It is the perfect social engineering storm. It does not take much imagination to see the disinformation headlines in your mind's eye. These types of events have high click rates in all digital media channels.
WARN YOUR USERS
Give them a heads-up that especially now, they need to Think Before They Click.
I would send your employees, friends and family something like the following. Feel free to copy/paste/edit.
"Saturday, July 13, 2024 news broke about President Trump barely surviving an assassination attempt. Live video and pictures flooded the airwaves and internet almost immediately. Bad actors are expected to exploit this event in a number of ways, so be careful with anything related to this news: emails, attachments, any social media, texts on your phone, anything. There will be scams, disinformation and misinformation related to this, so Think Before You Click and think twice before you forward anything."
For KnowBe4 Customers, we will create new phishing templates ASAP that I suggest you send to everyone more or less immediately the moment they come out, so you can train your users against these attacks. We will place the templates in the Current Events category.
Here's how the Social Media Phishing Test works:
