It’s one thing for employees to receive a phishing email that is purposefully crafted or spoofed to look like a genuine online communication. But when happens when people receive an actual, legitimate email that accidentally looks like a phishing scam?
According to a report from TechCrunch, this exact scenario took place last week when cloud-based HR solutions provider TriNet sent out a phishy-looking email to remote employees working for one of its corporate clients – a Los Angeles-based health startup.
Featuring the subject head: “Action Required – Unviewed Labor Law Notices,” the email was suspicious enough to prompt one employee to forward the email to TechCrunch. The news outlet then showed the email to a security researcher and a social engineer and hacker. Multiple irregularities were observed, including:
The TriNet logo in the email was hosted on the image-hosting site Imgur instead of the company’s own website – a trick spammers use to avoid detection.
The email contained a link to a web page with an entirely different domain than TriNet’s home page, and with minimal content or imagery to suggest that the page was even affiliated with TriNet. Thi ..
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