Stu Sjouwerman is the Founder and CEO of KnowBe4 Inc., the world's largest Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing platform. People who once turned to respected newspapers or TV stations for fact and opinion are increasingly finding it on social media, and often the facts are distorted or taken out of context. If cybercriminals can persuade one of your employees to click, then they may be able to gain a foothold. Because this cyber cold war is being fought by governments, it’s very easy for cybercriminals to adapt spear phishing and smishing attacks to take advantage. They can drop their own links to malware into Twitter arguments, Facebook comments or emails that refer to and exploit these disinformation campaigns.

Source: Forbes August 19, 2020 12:45 UTC