KnowBe4 - Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

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Joe in accounting is pretty cyber-savvy. He doesn’t fall for basic phishing emails with masked URLs or phony password reset requests. But what happens when Joe gets an email from a trusted third-party vendor disputing a recent payment and demanding action? If that third-party vendor has been compromised it could very well be the bad guys sending Joe a spear-phishing attack from the vendor’s domain. And if it is, you could be in trouble. Big trouble...

Because third-party phishing attacks look like legitimate emails from your vendors’ domains, traditional defenses often don't work against them or they are severely weakened. Your only defense is a strong human firewall. Find out how third-party phishing attacks operate, how you can spot them, and learn what defenses do and don't work against them.

Join us November 21st, 2019 at 2:00 PM EST with Roger Grimes, KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, to see:

  • Real third-party phishing schemes
  • Why traditional defenses won’t stop them
  • Ways to identify a third-party attack
  • How to build a strong human firewall
  • Actionable steps you can take now to protect your network
 


from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/third-party-phishing-the-new-spear-phishing-attacks-that-traditional-defenses-just-dont-stop

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