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Symantec: CEOs Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks

Posted by Kara Reeder Nov 5, 2009 11:40:30 AM

Symantec warns that CEOs and other C-level executives are increasingly becoming victims of sophisticated phishing attacks, often masked as official communications from government agencies, reports SC Magazine. Francis deSouza, SVP of Symantec's Security Group, explains:

Typically the CEO will not have time to analyze such emails and will pass them onto a CFO who passes on until such time as it reaches a more junior employee who, reassured by the fact that senior people have forwarded the mail, will click on a malicious link.

 

deSouza says the global recession and a phenomenon known as "data spillage," where data is copied and moved by employees without authorization, is making criminals' lives easier.

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