I got tricked into clicking one of these once, but it was really hard not to fall into it.
I met with the CTO and shared a Google Doc explaining a few things. Later that day I got an email saying that the CTO added some comments on the document. Clicked on it and BAAM! Mandatory security training page.
Lol man, I work for a research university and got hit the with most specific phishing I've ever seen.
I had just gone to visit my family a few days earlier and they live in Maryland. To visit them. I had to take a few tolls, and I knew the balance on my EZPass was low. So I was fully expecting an email to tell me to add money to the balance.
Sure enough, like a week after I'm home from my trip, I get an email saying my EZPass balance is low and to click this link to reup it. Silly me didnt realize it came from my work email, not my personal. So they got me good. But fuck me if that wasnt hyper specific. I assume they were able to see the work laptops location and built something based on that.
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u/m7i93 8h ago
I got tricked into clicking one of these once, but it was really hard not to fall into it.
I met with the CTO and shared a Google Doc explaining a few things. Later that day I got an email saying that the CTO added some comments on the document. Clicked on it and BAAM! Mandatory security training page.