Phishing

In later days, “phishing” and “phishing attempts” have become words you hear a lot. In short, phishing means personal data theft, which is something that is only getting more and more common. Phishing attempts generally happen via email, looking like they were sent from trustworthy sources such as your bank. This way, phishers try to get you to give out personal, confidential information. Usually, phishing emails include links to fake, copycat websites, replicating the trustworthy website you were expecting to see. In order to look real, the included links appear to go to the same trustworthy site.

The main damage caused by phishing is identity theft and confidential data theft, but other serious issues can include loss of productivity or use of corporate network resources (bandwidth, mail flooding, etc.).

Spam

Spam is unwanted email sent out as a mass mailing, normally with an advertising content of some sort. Some of the most common characteristics of spam email messages are:

• The sender email address is often unknown to the user and is quite often non-existent. In some cases, the sender address may show as your own.
• In most cases, the email does not have a Reply address.
• In many cases, spam messages include an eye-catching subject.
• Spam has some kind of advertising content/purpose: miracle products, special offers, easy ways to make money, etc.
• Most spam comes from the United States or Asia and is written in English. Spam in Spanish is getting more common.
  
  

Mobile Threats

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