Think Before You Click: Spotting and Stopping a Phish
Despite phishing being among the most well-known and expensive forms of cyberattack, 83% of organizations reported being victims of a phish last year. Here’s how to avoid getting reeled in.
It’s nearly 3 p.m. and, despite three cups of coffee, you’ve barely made a dent in the massive backlog that didn’t even exist when you got in this morning. You decide to steal a precious few seconds between meetings and messages to check your email, hoping none of the four notifications you’ve just received are more requests.
One in particular catches your attention: Someone has successfully logged into your email account from thousands of miles away. “If you don’t recognize this login,” the email warns, “change your password immediately.” Between worst-case thoughts of identity theft and rui...