Do you know that phishing attacks are the most developed type of cybercrime? Their part in the overall number of cybercrimes is over 80%! The principle of phishing is to force the user to post confidential data. At the same time, the user himself neither sleeps nor spirit knows that his data has already been stolen. And the whole deal is arranged in a completely harmless way. For example, you receive a newsletter from a seemingly familiar brand via email. You open the email and follow the link in it. Everyone, you are hooked! Next, you get to a website that looks like the branded website you expected to get to. But actually, it is not. Such sites are called phishing, and their task is to confuse them with the official sites of companies and perform the everyday actions that will reveal your data. For example, pay for a purchase and enter your credit card details and her CVV.
Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Not only that, do you know which company websites are most often faked by phishing criminals? The top 10 in 2021 included the following brands:
- DHL (23% of all phishing attacks)
- Microsoft (20%)
- WhatsApp (11%)
- Google (10%)
- LinkedIn (8%)
- Amazon (4%)
- FedEx (3%)
- Roblox (3%)
- PayPal (2%)
- Apple (2%)
It sounds scary. However, you can easily protect yourself from phishing attacks.
Here are 3 main tips for you about that.
1. Never click links in emails. Especially if these links are submitted in letters, you haven’t expected to receive.
2. Do not reply to messages on social networks containing links and URLs, even from your friends and family. Sometimes, phishers use hacked profiles for phishing mailing.
3. Better get special software to protect insecure access to the dubious website and weed out phishing letters from your mailbox. The last option is available in Intel Division service packages and customised services. So use it for your benefit right now.
