Harvard Townsend
Retired,
Wheaton College
Winning the Battle against Phishing Scams
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 11:45AM–12:45PM | White River Ballroom A
Session Type:
SEC12
Since January 2008, K-State has been plagued by spear phishing scams that attempt to steal users' e-IDs and passwords. Unfortunately, this has proven to be a particularly effective form of social engineering, with over a thousand K-Staters falling victim to these scams in the past four years. We'll provide detailed statistics about these scams, the demographics of the victims (it's not just naive freshmen), and examples that were particularly effective at tricking people. We'll also detail what we did to dramatically reduce the number of compromised accounts in 2011 after three years of frustration and lost battles.
