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Stop Phishing Emails - Protect Your Business

Did You Know?

There are 2.2 Million phishing websites today (up %28 YoY)
Microsoft is The Most Spoofed Brand
There are 1.7K high-risk Coronavirus-themed domain names created each day
A recent survey shows that 86.2% of all organizations have been hit by a phishing attack
The average cyber breach costs companies $3.9 million and takes more than 270 days to identify and contain

What Is Phishing?

Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details or other sensitive details, by impersonating oneself as a trustworthy entity in digital communication.

Most Common Types of Phishing Emails

There are all sorts of phishing emails, below 3 most common types of phishing attacks:

Spear Phishing where emails sent to a specific person – typically already have some piece of employee’s info (i.e. email or name).
Whaling Phishing targeting C-Level where emails aim at senior executives such as the CEO, CFO, CTO, etc.
Angler Phishing with a newer attack style that leverages social media by creating fake URLs, cloned websites, or fake posts.

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The best way to be better protected is to develop a strategy in place to stop phishing emails whether you have an email server in-house or using hosted email services such as Office 365.

Stop Phishing Emails – Protect Your Business