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How to Prevent Increasingly Persuasive Phishing Attacks

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BharatMalviya
How to Prevent Increasingly Persuasive Phishing Attacks

Email attacks have recently become more complex and difficult to detect. When it comes to protecting against phishing attacks, knowledge is power, hence, it is critical for everyone to continue to educate themselves and stay updated on the most current forms of phishing scams.


Originally intended to mislead users into exposing login credentials and other personal information, phishing has become more widespread in recent years as a means of infecting computers with malware by deceiving people into clicking on malicious links and documents.



Threat actors specializing in phishing are expert email marketers because they are always experimenting with new ways to increase the efficiency of their operations.



They use measures like ‘landing rate’ and ‘bite-rate’ to gauge their success. They know people are busy and preoccupied, so harried employees scrolling through inboxes that are rapidly overflowing are a prime target.



With more people working remotely than ever before, the border between work and home equipment is blurring, and seemingly innocuous behaviors, such as reading personal emails on a company computer, can have major ramifications.



More sophisticated phishing attacks, which are harder to detect and pose a higher risk to enterprises, can be seen in the coming months.


Hijacking of an email thread


Using email data acquired from malware-infected systems, this technology automates the production of customized phishing baits. Stolen email body content, subject lines, and address books are used to reply to real responses to emails containing malware messages.


Since the recipient is more inclined to believe an email from someone with whom they have previously communicated, the strategy is highly effective.


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