Phishing Prevention
This page
features the following topics regarding phishing and phishing prevention:
- Overview
- Types of Phishing Emails
- Phishing Prevention
- Phishing Training Tips
- Reporting Phishing
- Additional Information
Overview
"Phishing" is a technique used by hackers and cyber-criminals
to direct users to fraudulent websites. Users are then asked to provide
personal information, such as credit card information, bank account numbers,
and other valuable or sensitive information.
In addition, the fraudulent websites may expose users to
malicious
software code that can disrupt an entire business's computer network.
This
section describes the nature of phishing scams, provides information on
what
your organization can to do avoid becoming a victim of these scams,
outlines phishing prevention training for your employees, and discusses
how to report phishing scams to law
enforcement authorities.
Types of Phishing Emails
Phishing
is a form of social engineering, a kind of attack in which the attacker uses
human interaction to obtain or compromise information about an
organization or its computer systems. Phishing attacks use email or malicious
websites to solicit personal or financial information, and to
infect your machine with malware and viruses.