The Syrian Electronic Army today hacked the websites of CNN, the Washington Post and Time.
The Washington Post describes the attack as follows:
The hacking follows a “phishing” attack by an unidentified source this week aimed at securing the passwords and log-in information of e-mail accounts maintained by Post journalists. The source of the attack sent e-mails to Post mailboxes that appeared to emanate from Post colleagues; the e-mails directed recipients to click a link and provide log-in data. That information could then be used by an outside source to gain unauthorized access to a computer network.
Post officials believe that the Syrian Electronic Army was also the source of the phishing scam.
At Iconix, our goal is to make the spearphishing vector less effective. Spearphishers deceive people into making bad email decisions that compromise security. IT needs to help employees make better email processing decisions. That is where SP Guard comes into play. Using SP Guard, IT can determine a list of trusted senders and provide this information to staff in a simple and highly effective manner.
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