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> Phishing emails often look pretty obvious - that’s part of the program! It filters out people you can’t trick and leaves you only with the most gullible ones.
by zulln 6y ago
> Phishing emails often look pretty obvious - that’s part of the program! It filters out people you can’t trick and leaves you only with the most gullible ones.
For frauds that requires the attacker to spend time with the victim, sure. For a fully automated phishing attack? There is no reason to lose out on people early on.
And for a targeted attack against a company? Makes even less sense to make it obvious.
- Rexxar 6y agoIt could be a strategy to make people less careful : send one or two "obvious" fake phishing email and then the real one a little later when they are confident they can avoid phishing.