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Security researchers uncover phishing attack with very high success rate

3rd April 2017  By Sead Fadilpašić

 

                                              Phishing

 

A new and “very aggressive” airline phishing attack was just spotted, and it’s one with such a high success rate that even security experts are baffled. It was spotted by Barracuda, and it says that this new attack has a success rate of 90 percent.

The attack combines impersonation, advanced persistent threats and phishing, giving the attackers long-term stealth access to a myriad corporate networks.

 

Barracuda did not say who is behind the attack, but it did reveal that the attackers’ usual targets include logistics, shipping, manufacturing, and pretty much any other industry which requires a lot of travel.

 

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