Re: [ISN] To defeat phishing, Energy learns to phish

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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:11 AM
Subject: [ISN] To defeat phishing, Energy learns to phish


> http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/13/doe-phishing-test.aspx
>
> By William Jackson
> GCN.com
> June 08, 2011
>
> The Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory received more than
> 500 e-mails in April that appeared to be from the lab’s benefits
> department and contained a link for more information. The link which
> actually downloaded malicious code when users clicked on it.
>
> Several recipients clicked on it, said Barbara Penland, the lab’s deputy
> director of communications. “One computer was set up in a way that gave
> access to our network.”
>
> As a result of the ensuing malware infection that collected technical
> information to export from the lab, Oak Ridge shut down its Internet
> access for more than a week, interrupting research on clean energy and
> other topics.
>
> The employees should have known better. The Energy Department conducts two
> to four phishing exercises a year at its field sites, testing awareness
> and educating users. But the constantly evolving, increasingly
> sophisticated attacks make them difficult to adequately defend against.
>
> [...]
>
>


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