Phising Money

1. Explain the difference between spear phishing and bulk phishing. Which of the two forms of phishing do you think is most difficult to spot by victims and why?

Spear phishing: It is a social engineering attack, in which the perpetrator is shown as a trusted individual, usually there is a link in a spoofed email, text message or instant message.

Bulk phishing: It uses confidential information about the individual or about the organization, they are classified in databases and the Cyber criminals send personalized emails to them.

Phishing attempts directed at specific individuals or companies have been termed spear phishing. In contrast to bulk phishing, spear phishing attackers often gather and use personal information about their target to increase their probability of success.

2. The CEO of your company received a fraudulent email and made a payment to digital criminals. He wonders now whether he should contact the police. What factors should he take into consideration before taking a decision?

The CEO Should consider the negative effects before making it public, depending on the company, this kind of situations can damage the image of the company.

He has to know what is the Cyberattack, the demands and the strength of the criminals.

Take into consideration the amount of money stolen.

See the repercussions in the long run for the company

3. Dashlane advises clients to send emails without attachments. Do you think that no adding attachments to emails will help protect companies against phishing stacks?

No, it will not change anything, the best way to reduce the cyber-attacks is by creating a department specialized in that, it is a huge investment but is better instead have a bad experience and lose much quantity of money or even the bankruptcy.

4. Give two pieces of advice to a company or individual on increasing protection against a phishing attack.

Detect and block Email spoofing with SPF Implementation
Filter Spam Emails