Cybersecurity 101: What is Phishing?

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Phishing is a term that we use to describe an attacker technique. The attacker will send an email, or place a phone call, or both at the same time to their chosen target. The goal of the attacker is to trick the person receiving the email or the phone call into thinking that it's legitimate, and that it's important, that they need to take action right away. If they can convince the person who receives the email to open up a Word document, or an Excel spreadsheet, and activate the malware that is inside those malicious documents. Or if they can convince the person that they're calling on the phone to take some action that will result in sending money directly to the attacker's bank account, as they pretend to be a legitimate client of the targeted company, the attacker can win Phishing is the number one most popular technique, because it's the most effective technique. It preys on our natural ability, or a natural inclination, to trust people who are calling us or emailing us, thinking that they are our clients or our boss, or someone else that we are accustomed to responding too quickly. The best defense against phishing is to have well-trained employees, people who know the signs of a suspicious email, the signs of a suspicious phone call, and think twice before they click on a document.

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