Spear Phishing Detection and Intelligent Response A small group of employees at a petroleum refining giant were targeted by a sophisticat - ed spear phishing campaign aimed at stealing credentials to access important informa- tion and applications. The targeted nature of spear phishing makes it especially dangerous because most often, an organization does not become aware of compromised credentials until they’re already being used by bad actors. This is because the people being “phished” willfully click on malicious links or provide credentials to attackers who have become extremely adept at spoofing emails to look legitimate. With so much information about a person’s professional and personal lives available online publicly, it’s increasingly easy for attackers to deceive their t

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