Phishing 2.0

Supplied by Webroot Pty Ltd on Monday, 09 September, 2013


This white paper discusses a major new threat vector – ‘phishing 2.0’. While many IT professionals have become less concerned with phishing as it seems these attacks only fool naive consumers, businesses are now being targeted by a new generation of sophisticated phishing attacks. These phish evade traditional antivirus and antiphishing products. Using targeted information - often gathered from social media sites - they fool even security-savvy employees into divulging sensitive information or visiting websites that infect machines with dangerous malware.
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