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The big catch: How whaling attacks target top executives

2025-12-09 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

8 predictions
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
92%
“the big catch : how whaling attacks target top executives when a hedge fund manager opened up an innocuous zoom meeting invite, he had little idea of the corporate carnage that was to follow. that invite was booby - trapped with malware, enabling threat actors to hijack his email…”
T1598Phishing for Information
75%
“##iator from a typical spearphishing or bec attack is the target. why are “ whales ” attractive targets? after all, there are fewer of them to victimize than regular employees. three key attributes stand out. senior executives ( including the c - suite ) are typically : - short o…”
T1598Phishing for Information
63%
“target. there should be no shortage of publicly available information to help them, including social media accounts, their company website, media interviews and keynote videos. aside from the basics, they ’ ll want to know information on key subordinates and colleagues, or corpor…”
T1598.002Spearphishing Attachment
49%
“##iator from a typical spearphishing or bec attack is the target. why are “ whales ” attractive targets? after all, there are fewer of them to victimize than regular employees. three key attributes stand out. senior executives ( including the c - suite ) are typically : - short o…”
T1684.001Impersonation
36%
“target. there should be no shortage of publicly available information to help them, including social media accounts, their company website, media interviews and keynote videos. aside from the basics, they ’ ll want to know information on key subordinates and colleagues, or corpor…”
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
35%
“##iator from a typical spearphishing or bec attack is the target. why are “ whales ” attractive targets? after all, there are fewer of them to victimize than regular employees. three key attributes stand out. senior executives ( including the c - suite ) are typically : - short o…”
T1566.002Spearphishing Link
32%
“target. there should be no shortage of publicly available information to help them, including social media accounts, their company website, media interviews and keynote videos. aside from the basics, they ’ ll want to know information on key subordinates and colleagues, or corpor…”
T1598.003Spearphishing Link
30%
“target. there should be no shortage of publicly available information to help them, including social media accounts, their company website, media interviews and keynote videos. aside from the basics, they ’ ll want to know information on key subordinates and colleagues, or corpor…”

Summary

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