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Whaling for Beginners
A fictional story about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of board level executives, known as 'big fish'. It follows the story of Jim Baines, CEO of a major US packaging company who is targeted by hackers and his company's survival hangs in the balance. Out of nowhere, hard-won reputations, hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars are all suddenly at risk.
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 19, 2018
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August 24, 2019
This very short novella is an except introduction to the world and impact of individually targeted spear phishing attacks, whaling.
The immediate consequences and possible motivations are explored, specific to the story but also notional alternatives are mentioned.
This book mostly looks from the top down, exploring the C level that is the target rather than the IT and InfoSec that so often is the subject matter concentrated on with such topics.
Recommended as a starter.
Now, on to read the full nov!
The immediate consequences and possible motivations are explored, specific to the story but also notional alternatives are mentioned.
This book mostly looks from the top down, exploring the C level that is the target rather than the IT and InfoSec that so often is the subject matter concentrated on with such topics.
Recommended as a starter.
Now, on to read the full nov!
January 8, 2019
Very nice and interesting short story how hackers whailing the Big Fishes...
June 3, 2020
cute. scary fable about what can happen to a CEO if their cybersecurity is breached. took about an hour to read
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