Social networks and spear phishing attacks
Date: Jul 14, 2009Graham Cluley, senior consultant at Sophos Inc., explains how hackers can use data commonly found on LinkedIn to carry out effective spear phishing attacks.
Compliance Regulation and Standard Requirements, Data Breach Incident Management and Recovery, IT Security Frameworks and Standards, IT Security Jobs, Careers and Certification Training, Information Security Risk Assessment: Methodology and Analysis, Security Policies and User Awareness
Data Protection Solutions and Strategy, Database Security Tools and Techniques, Email and Instant Messaging Security, Enterprise Data Storage, Platform and OS Security Management, Secure Coding and Application Programming, Security for Cloud Computing and Hosted Services, Virtualisation Technology Solutions and Strategy, Web Application Security
Endpoint and NAC Protection, Network Security Monitoring: Tools and Systems, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Virtual Private Network Security, Wireless Network Security: Setup, Issues and Threats
Biometrics, Smart Cards, Tokens, Secure User Authentication and Authorization, User Identities and Provisioning, User Password Security
Graham Cluley, senior consultant at Sophos Inc., explains how hackers can use data commonly found on LinkedIn to carry out effective spear phishing attacks.
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