Expert: Spearphishing needs lots of planning and work


PETALING JAYA: Spearphishing at­­tacks such as the ones that targeted the Civil Aviation Depart­ment and the National Security Council require a lot of planning and work, said a cyber security expert.

These point to either a very skilled attacker or group of hackers who have the know-how to spoof an e-mail address to make it appear as if the message is coming from a familiar sender, said Dhillon Kanna­bhiran.

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