Matt Honan Case Study

Question 1

How did Matt Honan various accounts get hacked at the same time?

Answer 1

His accounts were all linked together

Question 2

How did Apple tech support gave the hackers access to Matt iCloud account?

Answer 2

His email address and his partial 4-digit credit card number

Question 3

Why is it so hard to eliminate phishing totally?

Answer 3

1) Takes only 1 person to let their guard down
2) No idea how to verify link
3) Links from close friend thinking its secure

Question 4

What are the more effective ways to reduce phishing?

Answer 4

1) Teach employees how to recognize correct links
2) Make sure employees takes the lapse seriously
3) Encourage each other to never send links

Question 5

What should Matt have done to prevent this

Answer 5

1) Don’t chain multiple accounts together
2) Back up everything
3) Dont use the same email prefix on different email addresses
4) Add a recovery email