You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a company that's been linked to a phishing attack. Organizations such as RSA, Epsilon and the U.S. Department of Energy are just a few that have publicly held up their hands to falling victim to an attack.

And it will get worse. Gartner recently stated in its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways (SEG) report that "Phishing attacks continue to oscillate, while more targeted phishing attacks increase." Why are spear phishing attacks increasing and what can organizations do to prevent falling victim?

What is Spear Phishing?

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