Your company is participating in a Cyber Security Education Program.
This Covid Phishing Attack included the following social engineering techniques:
- Topical subject (Covid) to be consistent with current news.
- An email thread Reply plus Forward used to create social proof.
- Executive impersonation to add authority to request.
- A fake attachment with false errors so you click the link provided.
- Worksafe BC logo to appear legitimate.
- Links masked with worksafe.bc-en.ca to appear correct.
How to spot this was a phishing email:
- Was this an email you expected to receive? No - Be cautious
- The sender named email address was suspicious (not from the correct address)
- The link provided (if checked/mouse hover) was directing to http://worksafe.bc-en.ca/...