Identify Social Engineering with Comp Tia

 Required Actions

Delete the Microsoft Windows Update Center phishing email

Delete the Online Banking phishing email

Delete the Grandma Jacklin forwarded email hoax

Delete the Emily Smith spear phishing email

Delete the Sara Goodwin malicious attachment email

Delete the Grandma Jacklin forwarded email hoax

Delete the Joe Davis malicious attachment email

Delete the Executive Recruiting whaling email

Explanation

In this lab, delete each malicious email.

Email	Diagnosis	Action	Description
Microsoft Windows Update Center New Service Pack	Phishing	Delete	Notice the various spelling errors and that the link does not direct you to a Microsoft website.
Joe Davis Re: Lunch Today?	Malicious Attachment	Delete	This email appears to be from a colleague. However, why would he fail to respond to your lunch question and send you a random attachment in return?
Executive Recruiting Executive Jobs	Whaling	Delete	Whaling uses tailored information to attack executives. Clicking the link could install malware that would capture sensitive company information.
Human Resources Ethics Video	Safe	Keep	While this email has an embedded link, it is digitally signed, so you know it actually comes from your Human Resources department. In addition, if you hover over the link, you see that it is a secure link to the corporate web server.
Online Banking Department Payment Pending	Phishing	Delete	This is a carefully crafted attempt to get your bank account information. Hover over the link and notice that it does not direct you to your credit union website, but to an unknown IP address instead.
Grandma Jacklin FW: FW: FW: Virus Attack Warning	Hoax	Delete	Any email that asks you to forward it to everyone you know is probably a hoax.
Emily Smith Web Site Update	Spear Phishing	Delete	While this email appears to come from a colleague, notice that the link points to an executable file from a Russian domain name. This probably is not a message a real colleague would send. This file will likely infect the computer with malware.
Sara Goodwin Wow!!	Malicious Attachment	Delete	Emails with attachments from random people who address you as "Dear Friend" are probably not safe.
Grandma Jacklin Free Airline Tickets	Hoax	Delete	Any email that asks you to forward it to everyone you know is probably a hoax, even if the contents promise you a prize. In addition, there is no way to know how many people the email has been forwarded to.
Human Resources IMPORTANT NOTICE-Action Required	Safe	Keep	While this email appears very urgent, it doesn't ask you to click on anything or run any attachments. It does inform you that you need to go a website that you should already know and make sure your courses are complete.
Activities Committee Pumpkin Contest	Safe	Keep	This email doesn't ask you to click on anything or run any attachments.
Robert Williams Presentation	Safe	Keep	This email doesn't ask you to click on anything or run any attachments.