Red Securium

In a recent showcase of spear  phishing  , literary-inclined cyber criminals have made an attempt to steal confidential information. As reported by  BookSeller , a scammer targeted scouting agency Eccles Fisher by distributing a number of phishing emails claiming to be from the company’s owner, Catherine Eccles. These emails, which seemed to be legit, were sent to literary agencies, asking for author manuscripts. Said emails, when replied, are redirected to a different domain with a similar address.  The Bookseller  claims to have seen two phishing emails so far; one demanding for an Eccles Fisher website password and the other asking for a typescript. The blatant attack against Eccles Fisher was not the end to the phishing scams sweeping the literary industry.  Penguin Random House UK has also been targeted, with fraudsters using the same tactics and posing as literary agents and staff from seemingly legitimate email addresses. Pan Macmillan had to issue an internal briefing t