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Written by: 1/9/2012 12:46 PM
We all know to be on the lookout for suspicious links in emails—but are we equally careful when it comes to what comes in our physical mailbox?
Honestly, probably not. After all, it’s almost too easy to click a link so we are more nervous about email phishing scams. But lately, savvy social engineers have become more and more creative when crafting the physical spam that comes sandwiched in between our water bills and local coupons.
Take Equifax, for example. Just last week, scammers sent a whole bunch of official-looking but completely fraudulent letters to companies, requesting that financial information be submitted on a form by fax.
Now, the average American might chuck this straight in the spam pile (or the trash), but what if it comes across the desk of a temp secretary with little experience and a strong desire to be helpful and proactive? Or even a manager who is not paying a lot of attention?
Honestly, this type of fraud probably doesn’t get a lot of takers—but a social engineer only needs one or two hits to potentially take a company down. So, the friendly warning is this: watch all your mailboxes. Whether mail comes through the computer or from a box on the curb, the potential for fraud is everywhere.
Read more here: http://www.equifax.com/cs7/Satellite?c=EFX_Page_C&childpagename=US%2FEFX_Page_C%2FSimplePage&cid=1187894212999&p=1187894212914&packedargs=locale%3Den_us&pagename=EFX%2FWrapper