Email etiquette and security - Spear Phishing Whitepaper

Spear Phishing is becoming more prevalent and more challenging to spot. The US- CERT notifications are a tremendous source of knowledge in this area and should be subscribed to. It is now a regular part of this blog. Netiquette practices must have email security as a part it to be truly complete.

National Cyber Awareness System:

UK CPNI Releases Spear Phishing Paper

12/30/2013 02:04 PM EST

Original release date: December 30, 2013

The United Kingdom's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has recently released a paper titled "Spear Phishing - Understanding the Threat;" this document provides guidance on how spear phishing attacks work, whether you are likely to be a target, and the steps organizations can take to manage the risks. CPNI is the UK's government authority for providing physical, personnel and information security advice to critical national infrastructure.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the CPNI document as well as US-CERT ST04-014, "Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks."

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“Paul Babicki and Frank Kovacs are co-authoring a new book on Netiquette IQ for job seekers, recruiters and employers (no official title as yet!). This book is a follow up to Paul’s “Netiquette IQ – A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email”. This book will be a part of the forthcoming Netiquette IQ compendium featuring a series of books on specific areas of Netiquette; education, sales, social media, etc.

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