First hacking technique to gain access to the company information?
Spear Phishing
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The company's employees should see it as a red flag
when anyone requests personal contact information.
It's also a red flag if the sender's email comes from
a suspicious or unfamiliar domain.
Hackers may impersonate the general manager to trick
an employee into giving them access to the GM's
account. This is known as spear phishing. Spear
phishing is a targeted phishing attack aimed at a
specific individual or group within an organisation.
Second hacking technique to gain access to the company information?
Social Engineering
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A company employee should not trust a phone number
they don't recognize. It's a red flag if the company's
general manager is contacting them from a phone number
registered in a country like Singapore.
Hackers use their skills to convince the employee that
they are the real GM, in order to gain more
information. In this case, the employee might reset
the user’s password and provide a new one.
Social engineering relies on conversational techniques
to trick targets (company employees) into revealing
sensitive information or downloading malware.