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How to Defend your Clients from Phishing Attacks

November 9, 2022

Email phishing is tough to detect, and spear phishing is much more difficult than traditional phishing.

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Introduction

Standard anti-phishing safeguards often rely entirely on users' ability to spot fraudulent messages. Success rates for this approach are likely to be low.

There should be more technical protections put in place instead. By doing so, the company's defenses against phishing attacks will be bolstered without negatively impacting users' ability to get work done.

If you suspect a phishing effort, you can halt it by using one of many methods before any damage is done. In contrast, you can prepare for future attacks by learning from your current ones and minimizing their harm.

Attackers use reliable email addresses to send messages, making it look like they came from well-known companies.

Emails that have been faked can be used to launch attacks on your customers or individuals working for your company.

Never expect users to be watchful all the time, particularly because a significant portion of contemporary work involves responding to emails and clicking on links.

Email phishing is tough to detect, and spear phishing is much more difficult than traditional phishing.

The guidance provided in many training packages, based on common warnings and signals, will assist its users in identifying certain phishing emails; nonetheless, it is impossible to educate everyone to identify every kind of phishing email.

Attackers can take advantage of procedures to deceive users into passing over information (including passwords) or making payments without their permission.

Think about the procedures that attackers can try to imitate, and figure out how to examine and enhance those processes so that phishing assaults are simpler to spot.

Strategies to Defend your Clients from Phishing Attacks

To encourage users to report phishing attempts, you should create an atmosphere that enables them to do so.

Establishing a culture in which users are encouraged to report phishing attempts provides you with essential information on the many forms of phishing assaults currently in use.

You can also find out what kinds of emails are being misidentified as phishing attempts and the potential consequences this might have for your company.

1: Change your passwords frequently

Change your passwords regularly. This will prevent an adversary from having unrestricted access to your online resources.

Your accounts may have been hacked without your knowledge; thus, rotating your passwords regularly will thwart further attempts and keep prospective perpetrators out of your system.

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3: Secure your devices from malicious software

Phishing emails and websites they link to contain malware in secret locations often.

Even if the link in the email is opened, malware can still be prevented from installing if the device is properly set up and endpoint defenses are strong.

How your system has been set up will determine the software's malicious effects.

4: Install firewalls

Firewalls are an efficient means of preventing assaults from the outside world because they serve as a barrier between your computer and the aggressor.

When used in conjunction with one another, desktop firewalls and network firewalls can increase your level of protection and lessen the likelihood that an intruder will be able to penetrate your system.

5: Malicious websites

Phishing emails often include integral components that are links to harmful websites.

However, if the website cannot be accessed via the link, the assault will be stop

6: Full authentication

Attackers focus primarily on trying to guess passwords, particularly if the accounts for which the passwords are used are privileged ones, such as those used to access sensitive information, manage financial assets, or manage IT systems.

You should take measures to make the sign-in procedure for all accounts more secure against phishing attacks and restrict the number of accounts with privileged access to the barest essentials.

Conclusion

Do not voluntarily hand up your credit card information under any circumstances, particularly if you do not have complete faith in your current website.

Whether you are required to disclose your information, check to see if the website is legitimate, the company is legitimate, and the site itself is secure.

Only do this if you are required to supply the information.