Astra Identity Blog Spear phishing email causes $46M theft

Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security reported yesterday that Ubiquiti Networks Inc lost $46.7 Million because of a spear phishing email. The attack worked by getting the company to wire transfer the money based on a forged email that looked like it came from a senior executive! The article further describes attacks against other organizations that use the same technique. We have [...]The post Spear phishing email causes $46M theft appeared first on Astra IDentity - Trusted messaging through Impostor Detection.