{"id":38682,"date":"2025-06-17T10:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techdomz.com\/skyviewtekusa\/?p=38682"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:00:21","slug":"gone-spear-phishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdomz.com\/skyviewtekusa\/gone-spear-phishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone “(Spear) Phishing”"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Spear phishing has been in the news lately thanks to the indictment of 12 Russian actors<\/span><\/a> but what is \u201cspear phishing\u201d anyway?<\/p>

A \u201cphishing\u201d email is when someone sends out a mass email pretending to be someone they are not, maybe a bank: \u201cThis is Wells Fargo \u2013 we need you to send us your login and password to verify who you are\u201d; or just AOL, Google.\u00a0 They are usually wide spread and just try to see who responds.<\/p>

\u201cSpear Phishing\u201d is more targeted.\u00a0 The hacker or perpetrator will check out your website to see who is the boss, who is the financial person, check out their Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to gather as much information as they can.\u00a0 Then they will send a fake email to and underling from their boss asking them to wire money ASAP.\u00a0 Or ask you to verify your email password saying they are from \u201cIT.\u201d<\/p>

It is very hard to identify those attacks as we have seen them coming from the exact domain of the user, but if you look at the tracking behind the scenes (which most users would not know how to do or need to know how to do) the email actually came from some compromised account.<\/p>

What Can You Do?<\/p>

The first step is to have all the prevention you can afford.\u00a0 At the very minimum, have an up to date Virus Scanner.\u00a0 And we don\u2019t mean Windows Defender.\u00a0 Have a paid subscription to a legit Anti-Virus. \u00a0We recommend WebRoot<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 Second is have a Firewall<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 Especially if you are a business, small or not, you HAVE to have a proper firewall.<\/p>

Thirdly, it comes down to the user.\u00a0 Be smart.\u00a0 Does your boss regularly ask you to send wire transfers?\u00a0 Or wire transfers to random oversea accounts?\u00a0 Pick up the phone and call your boss to confirm.\u00a0 Your boss will never chastise you for being too careful.<\/p>

Please contact SkyViewTek<\/a><\/span> for help implementing any or all of these recommendations. Call 610-590-5006 or email support@skyviewtek.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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