Tips on how to avoid phishing campaigns
Phishing scams trick users into handing over sensitive information by impersonating trusted sources through email, SMS or fake websites. These attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and pose real risks to individuals, businesses and website owners alike. Knowing how to recognise them and what to do if your website is targeted can save significant damage to your business and your customers.
What is Phishing?
Phishing is the term given to attempts by scammers to trick users into providing sensitive personal information such as usernames, passwords, banking/credit card information and other sensitive information with malicious intent. Generally this is done by those involved posing as trustworthy entities by use of electronic communication.
Phishing attacks are on the rise exponentially and the sophistication of these email, SMS and fake website campaigns are becoming more elaborate and advanced. These attacks can pose increasing risks to users, organisations and website owners.
What can be done to avoid Phishing scams
This article from Securi Blog provides some useful information on Phishing websites, evasion techniques and on how to detect and repair a Phishing attack on your website.
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