Ways of Detecting Phishing And How We Can Avoid It
How To Detect Phishing And Avoid It As we know Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. And in this post we will be discussing phishing broadly and we will see ways we can avoid it There are various phishing techniques used by attackers: Embedding a link in an email that redirects your employee to an insecure website that requests sensitive information Installing a Trojan via a malicious email attachment or ad which will allow the intruder to exploit loopholes and obtain sensitive information Spoofing the sender address in an email to appear as a reputable source and request sensitive information Attempting to obtain company information over the phone by impersonating a known company vendor or IT department Some Of The Ways To Avoid Phishing Include: 1. Keep Informed About Phishing Techniques ...