Overview

This activity explains what a whaling attack is, how cybercriminals use it to gain access to personal data or systems, and how to spot and report it.

This course forms part of the Access Group’s latest range of cyber security training. It is accredited and endorsed by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), an organisation with a mission to make the UK the safest place to live and work online

Objectives

On completing this activity, you will be able to:

• Understand why executives and their assistants can become victims of whaling attacks,
• Identify the techniques cybercriminals use to carry out whaling attacks,
• Recognise the risks and impact of a whaling attack,
• Spot the signs of whaling attempts,
• Know the steps you can take to prevent a successful whaling attack on your organisation, and
• Know what immediate actions to take in the event of becoming a victim of a whaling attack.