Phishing Scams: Easy Tips To Avoid Them
Phishing Scams: Easy Tips To Avoid Them Phishing emails are built on a simple premise. Hackers access sensitive information – the kind of information that only the victims would know – and then use this to convincingly impersonate a company’s CEO or other internal employee, client, customer, or supplier. These emails usually fall into two categories: those targeting data or those targeting money. The trouble is that phishing scams can look amazingly genuine because they often incorporate real information. Although you might not be able to spot them at first, the good news is that a little extra vigilance will go a long way in preventing the hackers from getting what they want. DATA Whenever you receive a request to transfer sensitive data, it’s a good idea to first verify the authenticity of the request by speaking to the sender…read more →