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NCSC: A real world example of a Spear Phishing attack

July 23, 2018

We came across an article which was posted late last year by Dr Ian Levy from the National Cyber Security Centre called ‘The serious side of pranking’. The article describes a real-world example of how Dr Levy was the target of a mock spear phishing attack by the prankster James Linton.This is a great post that describes the simplicity involved with launching such an attack, and how easy it could be to fall victim to it. A must read for anyone, not just us security guys:https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/serious-side-pranking

NCSC Article on Spear Phishing

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Stuart Hare is a Technologist with a passion for helping people in all aspects of IT & Cyber Security. Stuart is the Founder of Ironshare, an Information and Cyber Security company providing consultancy and managed services.

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