Prevention Measures of Phishing
The first and foremost recommended thing is to go through the email thoroughly. The attackers make tiny mistakes that often get skipped while reading. Re-check the spellings, the source, and the subject before taking any further steps.
- Computer security tools should be in updated form.
- Never open suspicious email attachments.
- Never click on suspicious email links.
- Don’t provide confidential information via email, over the phone, or text messages.
- Don’t post your personal data, like your vacation plans, or your address or phone number, publicly on social media.
Phishing in Ethical Hacking
Phishing is one type of cyber attack.It is an unethical way to dupe the user or victim to click on harmful sites. The attacker crafts the harmful site in such a way that the victim feels it to be an authentic site, thus falling prey to it. The most common mode of phishing is by sending spam emails that appear to be authentic and thus, taking away all credentials from the victim. The main motive of the attacker behind phishing is to gain confidential information.