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Spear Phishing

What Is Spear Phishing? The Targeted Attack Behind Major Breaches

In 2023, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered a help desk employee with a single phone call. The attackers had done their homework — they knew the employee's name, role, and enough personal detail to sound legitimate. That's not

Carl B. Johnson Jul 23, 2024 8 min read
Spear Phishing

What Is Spear Phishing? The Targeted Attack Behind Major Breaches

In January 2023, Reddit disclosed that an attacker had used a carefully crafted phishing email — targeting a specific employee with internal details about the company — to steal credentials and access internal systems. It wasn't a mass-blast scam. It was a precision strike. That's spear phishing in

Carl B. Johnson May 02, 2024 7 min read