Phishing Dark Waters: The Offensive and Defensive Sides of Malicious Emails

An essential anti-phishing desk reference for anyone with anemail address

Phishing Dark Waters addresses the growing and continuingscourge of phishing emails, and provides actionable defensivetechniques and tools to help you steer clear of malicious emails.Phishing is analyzed from the viewpoint of human decision-makingand the impact of deliberate influence and manipulation on therecipient. With expert guidance, this book provides insight intothe financial, corporate espionage, nation state, and identitytheft goals of the attackers, and teaches you how to spot a spoofede-mail or cloned website. Included are detailed examples of highprofile breaches at Target, RSA, Coca Cola, and the AP, as well asan examination of sample scams including the Nigerian 419,financial themes, and post high-profile event attacks. Learn how toprotect yourself and your organization using anti-phishing tools,and how to create your own phish to use as part of a securityawareness program.

Phishing is a social engineering technique through email thatdeceives users into taking an action that is not in their bestinterest, but usually with the goal of disclosing information orinstalling malware on the victim’s computer. Phishing DarkWaters explains the phishing process and techniques, and thedefenses available to keep scammers at bay. * Learn what a phish is, and the deceptive ways they’ve beenused * Understand decision-making, and the sneaky ways phishers reelyou in * Recognize different types of phish, and know what to do whenyou catch one * Use phishing as part of your security awareness program forheightened protection

Attempts to deal with the growing number of phishing incidentsinclude legislation, user training, public awareness, and technicalsecurity, but phishing still exploits the natural way humansrespond to certain situations. Phishing Dark Waters is anindispensible guide to recognizing and blocking the phish, keepingyou, your organization, and your finances safe.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Wild World of Phishing
Chapter 2: The Psychological Principles of Decision-Making
Chapter 3: Influence and Manipulation
Chapter 4: Lessons in Protection
Chapter 5: Plan Your Phishing Trip: Creating the Enterprise Phishing Program
Chapter 6: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Policies and More
Chapter 7: The Professional Phisher’s Tackle Bag
Chapter 8: Phish Like a Boss