The latest installment (warning: PDF) of the user-focused Ouch! newsletter from SANS discusses ‘spearphishing’. As in regular phishing, the goal of the attacker is to gain access to computers, systems and services. The difference is that while phishing is targeted very broadly, spearphishing targets specific companies, organizations or even individuals. Attackers typically use this technique to gain access to valuable targets like banks.
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