Blog: Francophoned – A Sophisticated Social-Engineering Attack

In April 2013, the Administrative Assistant to a Vice President at a French-based Multi-National Company received an e-mail referencing an in-voice hosted on a popular file-sharing service. A few minutes' later, the same Administrative Assistant received a phone call from another Vice President with-in the company, instructing her to examine and process the in-voice. The Vice President spoke with authority and used perfect French. However, the in-voice was a fake and the Vice President who called her was an Attacker.

 

- Blog: Francophoned – A Sophisticated Social-Engineering Attack