Verizon Data Breach Report: Espionage, C-Suite and Cloud Attacks on the Rise | Threatpost
“A successful pretexting attack on senior executives can reap large dividends as a result of their – often unchallenged – approval authority, and privileged access into critical systems,” according to the report. “Typically time-starved and under pressure to deliver, senior executives quickly review and click on emails prior to moving on to the next (or have assistants managing email on their behalf), making suspicious emails more likely to get through.”
