06 What to do if you become a victim of a phishing attack? 07 How to mitigate phishing attacks Email authentication 08 Summary Table of contents 01What is a phishing email attack? 02A brief history of phishing 03How does a phishing attack work? 04What are the different types of phishing ...
Phishing attacks often result in the theft of user data. Learn about common phishing attacks, such as email scams and how you can prevent being phished.
This common email phishing attack is popularized by the “Nigerian prince” email, where an alleged Nigerian prince in a desperate situation offers to give the victim a large sum of money for a small fee upfront. Unsurprisingly, when the fee is paid, no large sum of money ever arrives. Th...
A phishing attack is a social engineering tactic commonly used to steal confidential data or deliver ransomware or some other form of malware. The term is a play on the word fishing, meaning the attacker throws out a baited hook and waits for the victim to bite. The attacker typically poses...
Whaling: This type of attack requires the attacker to impersonate someone senior in a company, like a CEO, to trick a lower-level victim into making a fraudulent payment or sharing sensitive information. Smishing: This attack is basically email phishing but it uses text messages instead of email...
Phishing emails are designed to steal money, credentials, or other sensitive information. If an email makes a request or a demand that seems unusual or suspicious, then this might be evidence that it is part of a phishing attack. Email Phishing Examples Phishing emails come in many different ...
Phishing attacks often result in the theft of user data. Learn about common phishing attacks, such as email scams and how you can prevent being phished.
What is a spear phishing attack? Spear phishing is a type of phishing attack mainly aimed at you. It is not spread around like spam. Such attacks are fruitful as they become sophisticated because the email might be intended for and modified to a specific context. Fishing, in which you thro...
the success of common phishing attacks is the result of carelessness or the victim's lack of security awareness. However, when a threat actor launches a pharming attack, even if a victim enters a website's address correctly, the attacked DNS server will still redirect the victim to a malicio...
In a phishing attack, a scammer fishes for victims, using an email as bait. The email may contain malicious links, which will release a swarm of malware onto your device if you click on them. Phishing emails will replicate company logos, fonts, and domain names so meticulously you wouldn’...