Beware of contact forms – of course the hackers abuse these as well!

Contact forms are everywhere – no one puts email addresses on website because “people” just harvest those for spam/phishing campaigns – we have a contact form on this site.

Here is a description on the SANS Internet Storm Diary explaining how these scam attacks are carried. It is not very complicated but it is highly effective. Take a moment and read Brad’s article.

How the “Contact Forms” campaign tricks people – SANS

Time and time again I come back to training as an essential tool in every company’s cyber security toolbox. If you do not have a training scheme in place then you should speak to us.

Here is our contact form link again…