Aon is delighted to have been featured in the Raconteur Fraud and Financial Crime Report published in The Times.
In our article, Targeting the Top: How Cybercriminals are Getting Personal, we explore how, in a world where almost everyone has a digital presence, cyber criminals have all the resources at their disposal to get to know their mark - and the ramifications can be devastating for senior executives caught in the crosshairs.
As online fraudsters expand their toolkit, is it time for senior executives to watch their step?
Article Highlights:
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According to the UK Government’s Cyber Security Breaches
Survey, phishing constitutes the most common cyber threat
vector to business
- 83% of organisations that spotted attacks registered phishing as the scammer’s chosen method
- 50% of attacked companies said phishing and impersonation attacks were the most disruptive
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Whaling is a highly targeted phishing attack targeting
senior executives
- In one case an Austrian aerospace manufacturer lost €50m and several employees including the CEO lost their jobs
- Individual Vulnerability Assessments or IVAs can help senior executives understand their own level of exposure
