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    • Quatity_Control@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yep. It relies on information not present in the example. It’s intended for most people to get wrong.

      Similarly the Facebook one genuinely looks like a scam unless you know of the Facebook case.

        • Quatity_Control@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 year ago

          While yes, that’s an accurate quip, it actually does highlight a deeper issue in the industry. If everyone passes your scam test, they don’t need to buy your scam test.

          Additionally, scam emails aren’t 50/50 yes/no pass/fail. It’s more a combination of red flags to gauge how risky the email is to click on links, reply to, download attachments from, etcetera.

          Currently the scam testing industry has no way to rate an individuals ability other than how many scam emails they did or didn’t click on. That is a false metric. It incites scam testers to trick people to justify their value to the customer.

            • Quatity_Control@lemm.ee
              1·
              1 year ago

              I mean, they are two different aspects of security. Pen testers are important, but they can’t help you if an employee clicks on the wrong link.

              • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
                1·
                1 year ago

                Isn’t social engineering a part of what they do? The goal would be to train employees to look out for both pentesters and real scammers.