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To: Me<\/strong><\/p>\n From : new customer<\/strong><\/p>\n Hello,<\/i><\/p>\n My Husband and I are looking to buy a property (First-time buyer).<\/i><\/p>\n We have agreed on a price with the buyer but need a solicitor to see us through the process of exchange and closing.<\/i><\/p>\n We were referred to you, hence we decided to send you a message.<\/i><\/p>\n Kindly contact us by return email.<\/i><\/p>\n Best Regards,<\/i><\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Phisher.png” background_size=”initial” background_position=”center_right” background_horizontal_offset=”-10%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(34,34,34,0.8)” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false” border_radii=”on|20px|20px|20px|20px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n They are a busy lawyer, and this email looks sufficiently legitimate that, understandably, they opened it.<\/span><\/p>\n “Spear-phishing” (also known as ‘whaling’) – is the art of carefully writing a fake email to target specific users.<\/span><\/p>\n In this case, the subsequent follow up email included a malicious file.\u00a0 \u00a0It was so well written that it got past the email filters, and past the 365 protections.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n But security is all about layers, and in this case, it got caught at the device.\u00a0 \u00a0The ‘zero trust’ approach worked.\u00a0 In line with our Kinetics technical standards, the user only had limited ‘UAC’ (user access control) and that defeated the malware.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It stands out to me that it also even got past the anti-virus!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(22,18,18,0.09)” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false” border_radii=”on|20px|20px|20px|20px” border_width_all=”1px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
Would you have opened it?\u00a0\u00a0Would your IT have protected you?<\/h2>\n