Are inboxes can be busy at the best of times, but how do you spot something malicious in all this noise?
Phishing is where “cyber criminals” attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising their attack as a trustworthy communication – usually an email or a website. They are often very convincing and to most users, exceptionally hard to spot.
The phishing emails are designed to look exactly like the normal emails they are pretending to be and cyber criminals often use domain names (website addresses) that are very similar to the real domain to trick the user. For example, if in a hurry or you’re checking messages late at night, would you immediately spot something hooky with one of these two links:
Or in the example below, would you click the link in this email?
Let’s hope you wouldn’t as that’s not from Google. Not spotting these phishing emails can lead to your business being a victim of ransomware, viruses, data theft or social engineering attacks – exactly what your business could do without as they can prove to be very costly errors!
Pro Tip: GSuite from Google has anti-phishing built in and checks all links and buttons in emails to see if they are legit, if they’re not, it flags or spams the email so you never see it. If your email provider doesn’t do this then it might be time to move to someone who does.
If you have any concerns about how secure your website or email system is, then get in touch and we can have a look. We’ve been in the business of digital for a very long time now and know what to look out for. Keep your business safe with us.
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