# Work in finance or accounting? Watch out for ‘whaling’ attacks | PCWorld

- URL: https://dynamicaccounting.net/work-finance-accounting-watch-whaling-attacks-pcworld/
- Date: 2015-12-28
- Topics: Off-Topic & Miscellaneous
- Type: link to an external article
- Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3018190/security/work-in-finance-or-accounting-watch-out-for-whaling-attacks.html#tk.rss_all

> [![](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/id-2957482-matrix-434035-100600958-large-1.jpg)](http://www.pcworld.com/article/3018190/security/work-in-finance-or-accounting-watch-out-for-whaling-attacks.html#tk.rss_all)
>
> If you receive an email from your boss asking you to transfer some funds to an external account, you might want to think twice.

Just a friendly reminder, be safe out there, stay skeptical, use internal controls. Internal Controls and a healthy skepticism are two important defenses against phishing attacks and their variations. *[Work in finance or accounting? Watch out for ‘whaling’ attacks | PCWorld](http://www.pcworld.com/article/3018190/security/work-in-finance-or-accounting-watch-out-for-whaling-attacks.html)*