spearphishing

Researchers from the Cisco Talos Security Intelligence and Research Team recently discovered an elaborate attack dubbed the String of Paerls. The attack, a combined spearphishing and exploit attempt, was able to bypass most antivirus engines and used a targeted phishing email that included a malicio…

I’d mentioned earlier (see Improving Email at Cisco Part 1 – The IT Technology Side) that email has its ugly side: Too many Most of them are a waste of time Emails will, occasionally, carry virus payloads (or link you to sites that have worse); and yet I can’t live without it…