Scammers are better equipped than ever in today’s tech-led world. Simoda’s MD Dan Bumby asks: Do you know who in your business would be prone to clicking on a phishing email?
Remember the emails that were flying around years ago? You know, the ones where the prince of a faraway foreign country has £5m he wants to give you … and all he needs is your bank details, pin number, date of birth?
My name is Daniel Bumby, the MD of Simoda and I have spent over 20 years in the technology industry, and I would like to think that I know a scam email when I see it, however, let’s be honest the scammers are getting good at it and positioned to the right person at the right time they are seeing lots of success.
Every now and again you will see one of these emails in your inbox, but most businesses cyber security systems are able to ensure they don’t get past the email spam filter. But the scammers are a little better equipped these days and have many new methods. In other words, you can have the perfect system in place but somewhere along the line is a human – and unfortunately humans are prone to naivety or, in the worst case, stupidity.
A serious question, then – do you know who in your business would be prone to clicking on a phishing email?
At Simoda, we continue to find lots of businesses still don’t operate any form of cyber security awareness for their employees, other than an email from the IT team telling them not to click on any unsolicited emails – ironic or what?!
The most popular attack now is via email spoofing, which is where the victim will receive an email that at first looks like it is from a credible internal address, usually someone in higher management requesting immediate action to something. Examples we have seen include ‘Overdue invoice’ ‘Expenses claim’ and even direct requests to purchase online vouchers for the CEO.
Okay, so how do you get round the issue and ensure your staff are not putting your business at risk? The old school way would have been herding your users in the breakroom, keeping them awake with coffee and donuts and subjecting them to death-by-PowerPoint.
Today’s business email filters have a 10 per cent failure rate – so, you really need a strong human firewall as your last line of defence.
Here to help
For unLTD readers we are offering a free phishing test for up to 100 of your most prone users with a series of phishing emails and provide you with a report highlighting the risk you currently face.
Contact one of our security experts today and see where we can help you minimise your business risk and build the perfect human firewall.
For more information call 0114 553 3600 or visit simoda.co.uk/cyber-security
