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Phishing Tests Are Getting Downright Mean

2025/2/10
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Bob McMillan: 作为一名记者,我发现网络钓鱼的手段越来越高明,已经不仅仅是过去那种“免费奖品”或“尼日利亚王子”的低级骗局了。现在的黑客非常了解公司的运作方式,他们会伪装成公司内部的紧急邮件,例如CEO发出的要求立即回复的邮件,或者在医疗保险重新登记时发送相关主题的邮件,这些邮件往往能获得很高的回复率。这些攻击可能导致勒索软件等灾难性后果,因此阻止它们至关重要。我认为,企业在进行钓鱼测试时,应该避免让员工感到羞辱,而应该采取更温和、更具教育意义的方式,例如举办网络安全意识月,进行趣味对话,鼓励员工积极报告可疑邮件。因为研究表明,传统的钓鱼邮件测试和教育方法效果甚微,最多只能提高目标避免钓鱼邮件的可能性2%。 Bob McMillan: 我曾经报道过一些IT部门设置的钓鱼陷阱,有些陷阱确实让人哭笑不得。例如,有的公司会发送关于“丢失的小狗”的邮件,有的公司会承诺提供观看航天飞机发射的机会,甚至还有公司会散布“埃博拉疫情爆发”的虚假信息,这些测试虽然能引起员工的注意,但也可能引发不必要的恐慌。我认为,企业应该更加注重提高员工的网络安全意识,而不是仅仅依靠这些可能会适得其反的钓鱼测试。

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Phishing) scams are growing increasingly sophisticated, and IT departments seeking to help people outfox them are throwing sensational test traps at their employees and students. But as WSJ reporter Robert McMillan says, some of those who fall for them say the tests have gone too far (“free football tickets, anyone?”). Plus, AI reporter Belle Lin on how big tech wants to solve AI’s hallucinations) using hard math.

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