Krebs on Security is reporting that several accounts across Go Daddy’s platform was targeted by someone who was spear phished. There are many pages that you can use to define Spear Phishing. This Trend Micro page https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/spear-phishing is a specific targeting attack within an organization. While my goal is not to define this fully as there is a complete write up, I’ll be sure to read about this type of phishing so I can learn more about it.
The article from Krebs talks about an employee at Go Daddy falling for one of these attacks. Once in, the attackers were able to follow any notations in any account they had access to. This would then lead to DNS changes, in one case, an approved change that was orchestrated and planned out.
The article I’m talking about is the great article: Phish of GoDaddy Employee Jeopardized Escrow.com, Among Others and you may want to read this and learn more on what was involved.
Were you effected at Go Daddy? Do you think your provider will have this problem? Sound off in he comments.
The gist of the article talks about DNS changes which could lead to other problems. Read through and lets talk.
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