An Innocuous Post On Social Media Could Make You A High Value Target For Cyber Criminals By Darren Millar
07/29/21 AT 6:41 AM
The stressful world of executive risk and protection primarily focuses on keeping your client safe from all manner of physical threats daily. Often, these threats are identified by visual or body language triggers from the assailants. That s bread and butter for protection officers, but what if you couldn t always see the threat right in front of you?
Unfortunately, that s the ever-increasing threat landscape that executives now face as malicious actors discover easier ways to attack or expose these executives for financial gain, reputational damage, or physical harm.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: In this photo illustration, an image of the Google logo is reflected on the eye of a young man on August 09, 2017 in London, England. Founded in 1995 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google now makes hundreds of products used by billions of people across the globe, from YouTube and Android to Smartbox and Google Search.
They discovered thousands of Google Forms messages sent by different cyber criminals to lure telecommunications companies, retailers, as well as energy and manufacturing companies.
According to SC Magazine s latest report, the current attack is only a preparation for an upcoming massive BEC (Business Email Compromises) phishing campaign.