We recently tested your knowledge of the names of some cybersecurity scams – and 40% of you got the answer wrong! (The correct answer was quashing). Whaling is a type of phishing attack that targets high-level corporate employees. Posing as leaders within an organisation, scammers use email, text messages or phone calls to attempt to lure recipients into leaking sensitive corporate data and personal information or authorising large payments. Essentially, they’re going after the ‘big fish’ – hence the term whaling. Stay up-to-date on the latest scams and improve your cyber awareness: https://lnkd.in/eeKPT9ur #HSBC #FinCrime #CyberSecurity
Following last week’s major IT outage, global cyber security watchdogs are warning people to be wary of scammers trying to exploit the incident. They say fraudsters are pretending to be CrowdStrike, airlines and other organisations offering to help those impacted. Learn more about common scams being carried out around the world and how to protect yourself: https://lnkd.in/eeKPT9ur #HSBC #FinCrime #CyberSecurity
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