Remain cautious of messages with noticeable mistakes or irregularities, as these can indicate potential phishing attempts or malicious intent. Additionally, thoroughly check any linked websites to ensure that their menus and features function correctly. Malfunctions or errors may suggest fraudulent activity.
Whenever you are prompted to divulge personal data in order to update or verify, you should be especially careful. Never enter general username and password information on websites which were opened via a link in an email unless you know its exact background and it corresponds to your company policy.
Even if you have received the email from your best friend, you should always remember that the message could be corrupt. Therefore, you should always be cautious. This also applies to emails from official organizations such as banks, tax authorities, online stores, travel agencies, airlines, etc. Even emails from your own employer are sometimes infected. It is ultimately not so difficult to make imposter, phishing emails which appear identical to the real messages of legitimate organizations.
Phishing emails and websites are often designed to mimic real ones, depending on the skill of the attacker. However, the links in these communications are often incorrect, may contain subtle misspellings, or redirect to entirely different websites (e.g., www.paypaul.com instead of www.paypal.com). To ensure safety, avoid clicking on suspicious links. Instead, manually type the website address into your browser or use a bookmarked favorite for trusted sites.
If possible, do not open any emails from unknown senders. If you do, do not click any link contained in it or at least move your mouse over the link to reveal the real target destination. Often the recipient copy ledger (cc:…) shows the email is being sent to numerous other recipients.
Be suspicious of emails which open with a generic greeting (such as using the non-personalized salutation of To Whom It May Concern) or an inconsistent style (such as colleagues who previously addressed you on a first name basis are now using last names only). The same applies to emails that are written suddenly in a foreign language differing from the usual language.
Emails that call for an immediate reaction (such as, prompting for an immediate login to an account) convey a sense of importance typical of phishing attacks. A clear warning is when there is a hint in the email that the data must be entered within a short time period.
Files (for example, programs or even office documents) you receive via email may contain lethal malware. So remain cautious and only open email that you expect and trust.
Phishing is the art of tricking you into giving away
sensitive information or downloading malicious software
onto your PC or company network. Nowadays, it is far
easier for a criminal to manipulate you to do something
than it is to manually hack into your computer or your
company’s network.
Phishing is easily carried out over email, it is
inexpensive and can be repeated over and over to large
lists of recipients. Phishing emails are often
interesting. They are created in a way that can
influence you to take action, and as a result can look
very realistic.
An attack where criminals impersonate a legitimate person or company that isn't very targeted.
A personalized attack where the criminal uses tailored information to make the email more appealing to you.
A specialized type of spear phishing that targets an important figure within a company.
Criminals send phishing emails that appear to come from valid sources in an attempt to trick you into revealing personal, financial or company information.
Spear phishing is harder to spot...
Hi all,
Next week we will experience internet downtime due to a network upgrade from BT. Although expected overnight, this period of no connectivity might carry over to the following morning.
For more information on dates and arrangements made around this issue please go to
Regards,
http://www.ma1ware-bounc1ng.biz
Misleading and Invalid Link
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Find out if the email could be a phishing attempt and click either "regular email" or "phishing email".
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This is a phishing mail.
This is a regular mail.