Spear Phishing Has Become Even More Dangerous

The continued prosecution of “all the President’s men” does little to stop the Russians from attempting to influence America’s upcoming midterm elections. And reports from Missouri to California suggest they are already looking for our cyber weaknesses to exploit.

Chief among their tools: spear phishing, which are emails containing hyperlinks to fake websites. Russians used this method to hack into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails and set in motion their 2016 influence campaign.