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Spotting a spear phishing attack can be tricky – when it doubt, err on the side of caution and forward it to your MSP or IT admin for further investigation.
However, most spear phishing email typically follow a similar pattern and layout. The following resource provides 5 areas to look at to determine if an email is a spear phishing attempt or not – these areas include:
- A spoofed sender address
- Pretexting with personal information and/or ‘small talk’
- Signature – usually stating that the email was composed on a phone or tablet
- & 2 more
- Vendor:
- Vade Secure
- Posted:
- Feb 8, 2021
- Published:
- Sep 18, 2020
- Format:
- Type:
- Resource
