One day working in I.T. at a bank, I received an email that was formatted and written really convincingly that someone has referred me for a bigger role with a salary bump, with light/abstract details that could ‘be inferred as’ relevant to my country, sector & role. It just asked to click-through to see the opportunity-
-which popped-up a warning from the company’s I.T. security that this was a phishing testing/training email, and I’d failed.
I usually evade a phish, but this slightly-targeted one got me good.
After that I had to ritualistically double-check potentially legitimate emails from external domains, for sketchy domains/short URLs/links/tracking cookies etc, because they included vendors & 3rd party consultants or contractors we were working with.
At least (the) God(s) know scammers are bad people.
Heh yeah they’re getting better.
One day working in I.T. at a bank, I received an email that was formatted and written really convincingly that someone has referred me for a bigger role with a salary bump, with light/abstract details that could ‘be inferred as’ relevant to my country, sector & role. It just asked to click-through to see the opportunity-
-which popped-up a warning from the company’s I.T. security that this was a phishing testing/training email, and I’d failed.
I usually evade a phish, but this slightly-targeted one got me good.
After that I had to ritualistically double-check potentially legitimate emails from external domains, for sketchy domains/short URLs/links/tracking cookies etc, because they included vendors & 3rd party consultants or contractors we were working with.
At least (the) God(s) know scammers are bad people.
Heh.