Cyber Security Awareness - Phishing
Right now more than ever, email cyber-attacks are
targeted at the remote/mobile workforce. We want to highlight a common
cyber-attack that everyone should be aware of - phishing.
"Phishing" is the most common type of
cyber-attack that affects organizations like ours. Phishing attacks can take
many forms, but they all share a common goal – getting you to share sensitive
information such as login credentials, credit card information, or bank account
details.
Although we maintain controls to help protect our
networks and computers from cyber threats, we rely on everyone to be our first
line of defense.
At Nine, we perform simulated phishing attacks that
enroll you in mandatory training if you fall victim to the attack. It is
vital that you take the training and continue to take precautions in this
treacherous cyber landscape.
We’ve outlined a few different types of phishing
attacks to watch out for:
- Phishing: In this type of
attack, hackers impersonate a real company to obtain your login
credentials. You may receive an e-mail asking you to verify your account
details with a link that takes you to an imposter login screen that
delivers your information directly to the attackers.
- Spear Phishing: Spear phishing
is a more sophisticated phishing attack that includes customized
information that makes the attacker seem like a legitimate source. They
may use your name and phone number and refer to Nine Energy Service in the
e-mail to trick you into thinking they have a connection to you, making
you more likely to click a link or attachment that they provide.
- Whaling: Whaling is a popular
ploy aimed at getting you to transfer money or send sensitive information
to an attacker via email by impersonating a real company executive. Using
a fake domain that appears similar to ours, they look like normal emails
from a high-level official of the company, typically the CEO or CFO, and
ask you for sensitive information (including usernames and passwords).
- Shared Document Phishing: You
may receive an e-mail that appears to come from file-sharing sites like
Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or SharePoint alerting you that a
document has been shared with you. The link provided in these e-mails will
take you to a fake login page that mimics the real login page and will
steal your account credentials.
What You Can Do
To avoid these phishing schemes, please observe the
following email best practices:
- Do not click on links or
attachments from senders that you do not recognize. Be especially wary of
.zip or other compressed or executable file types.
- Do not provide sensitive
personal information (like usernames and passwords) via email or web
browser.
- Do not forward or send the
email to ANYONE.
- Watch for email senders that
use suspicious or misleading domain names.
- Inspect URLs carefully to make
sure they’re legitimate and not imposter sites.
- Do not try to open any shared
document that you’re not expecting to receive (Invoices, Voice Mails,
etc.).
- If you can’t tell if an email is legitimate or not, please contact it-support@nineenergyservice.com immediately so we can investigate.
- Be especially cautious when
opening attachments or clicking links if you receive an email containing a
warning banner indicating that it originated from a [EXTRENAL]
source.
Thank you for helping to keep our network, our people,
and our company safe from these cyber threats.