KnowBe4 Unveils New Test to Fight Social Media Phishing
Summary
The free test was created to help IT and security professionals at organizations of all sizes better identify users who are likely to fall for a phishing email that looks like it originated from a credible social media site such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Users often fall prey to social media-related schemes because they feel they can trust messages coming from their ‘verified’ connections without understanding their personal information has been scraped and they are being directed to a landing page that looks real but is not. “It’s also more difficult to regulate in an office environment because employees access social media sites from their phones or even their work computers if the organization has a corporate Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram page. Training and testing are crucial to raising the level of awareness when it comes to social media because your users can be your biggest asset for security.” Since IT and security professionals often don’t have visibility or control of the environment on which social media is used – such as cell phones – it becomes imperative to train users what to look for and how to spot threats. Kevin Mitnick, internationally recognized computer security expert and KnowBe4’s Chief Hacking Officer, helped design KnowBe4’s training based on his well-documented social engineering tactics.
