One of the most common security problems today is email attacks. With the increase of phishing attacks, e-mail phishing attempts are causing hard times for both companies and individual users. The main purpose of hackers in these attacks is to capture information such as credit card information, usernames, or passwords that they normally cannot easily obtain. Hackers can reach you via e-mail, phone, social media, SMS or any other communication channel to obtain this information. The most popular of these are e-mail phishing attacks. So how can you protect yourself from email phishing attacks?
How To Protect Yourself From Email Phishing Attacks?
Email phishing attacks are a popular method used by phishers for phishing in recent years. So who are these phishers and what do they want? Phishers are hackers trying to steal your personal information from you using phishing attacks. They can use various means such as cheating and manipulation to access this information. This way, they trick you into infiltrating your computer or system. Phishers often impersonate a reputable or seem legitimate company to deceive users and make various requests from users. Users who fulfill the demands of the criminals expect very bad results.
In short, these types of hackers primarily offer logical and valid reasons to get you into their networks. As soon as you are convinced, they capture your information by entering your computer or directing you to a fake website. Then, using this information, the hacker demands a ransom from you or logs into your credit card accounts and steals your money. That’s why you should always be on the lookout for suspicious emails coming to your email.
E-mail accounts of users are the main target of e-mail phishing attacks. In this case, it is critical that you carefully examine the e-mail traffic in your account. In e-mail phishing attacks, victims are most often caught off guard when an emergency is at stake. So even for the most discerning user, detecting the attack becomes impossible when there is urgency or concern.
Today, phishing attacks have developed so much that hackers are beginning to use scenarios that can appeal to all types of users. In addition, the method of phishing attacks has become increasingly complex, and hackers have started to appear before their victims in more convincing ways. This started to hurt more users more severely. Let’s take a look at ways to deal with these complex methods.
1. Report suspicious e-mail contents.
You can detect email phishing attacks by carefully examining your inbox. Fraudulent emails often contain typos or errors in usernames. In addition, in e-mails sent from legitimate addresses, sensitive information such as your credit card information, username, or password is generally not requested. Likewise, malicious links or attachments are often used in such phishing attacks. Never reply to any e-mail that you are not sure is safe and do not click any links or attachments in those e-mails. If you notice unusual features in an e-mail in your inbox, such as an unrecognized sender address, spelling mistakes, direct the e-mail to your security provider or your company’s IT department. You can use our Incident Response tool for this. With this tool, you can report suspicious e-mails with one click and take the necessary action before it is too late. Click for more information!
2. Use Email Security Certificates.
In our list of protection methods against e-mail phishing attacks, e-mail security certificates come first. S/MIME certificates are one of the most well-known certificates among the e-mail security certificates. These certificates confirm the e-mail sender for you and make sure that you are a legitimate user. With this certificate, you can also encrypt and sign your e-mail correspondence. An S / MIME certificate can be issued for each approved e-mail address. Thanks to this service, the e-mail recipient can be sure that the sender is authenticated and that the e-mail is from a secure user. This way, you can communicate with peace of mind and share your important information via your e-mail. An while doing that, you can make sure that it will not fall into the hands of hackers.
If you think your personal information is compromised by malicious individuals, hackers or phishers, you can use our Threat Intelligence tool. Our tool scans frequently used websites, detects information that might belong to you, and notifies you of any threats you may be facing. For more information, you can visit our site.
“This post is originally published at www.phishing.org.uk”
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