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What Is a Phishing Whaling Attack? What You Need to Know
Imagine your staff got an email, genuinely thought it was from you, then asked them to pay an urgent bill for a new supplier they’d not heard of before?
Is there any risk they could pay it?
Because actually that email wasn’t sent by you. It’s a specific kind of cyber-crime called whaling, where criminals impersonate the boss.
Here’s what you need to know about it.
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