Types of Phishing Attacks and their Prevention
What is Phishing? Phishing is a fraud method where a malicious person sends messages pretending to be a legal person or organization, typically using email or other messaging systems. To fool unwary users into downloading malware, many cybercriminals misuse spam email to distribute harmful attachments and links. Types of Phishing Attacks: There are types of phishing attacks, which are given as follows: Email Phishing: Email is where most phishing attempts are sent. Attackers generally create fake domain names that mimic real businesses and attack their victims with tens of thousands of repetitive requests. For fake domains, attackers may add or replace characters (e.g. my-firm.com instead of myfirm.com), use subdomains (e.g. myfirm.host.com), or use the name of the trusted organization as the email username (e.g. myfirm@host.com). Many phishing emails create a sense of urgency or a threat to get the receiver to act immediately without verifying the email’s legiti...