I was the target of one of these during a recent internal pen test and got caught in it, despite being very technically savvy and aware of “normal” phishing techniques.

The attack that was simulated in my case utilized convincing social engineering, spear phishing, domain spoofing, and malicious OAuth apps meant to look like an internal resource/service to gain access to sensitive material.

It was very sophisticated and I’m glad I fell for it during a simulation rather than in a “real life” situation. It was a learning experience and a situation I’m way more paranoid about now. I could easily see admins and developers anywhere falling for it if they were specifically targeted.