Phishing is one of the most effective attack methods in the arsenal of cybercriminals. In most cases, phishing victims are unaware that they have been caught by scammers. Outwardly, this process looks completely safe for the user.
The main purpose of phishing is to lure a user into a malicious site. The site, as a rule, imitates the site of a well-known company, bank or online store. An unsuspecting user logs into the site by entering their account information, or tries to make a purchase by entering their credit card information. The information received is sent to attackers who use it, for example, to withdraw money from their victim's card. To lure a user to such a site, informational letters are most often used, which at first glance are no different from letters sent by real companies.
Emails sent by fraudsters, as a rule, contain text that scares the user, for example, it is reported that some user account may have been hacked and in order to recover it, you need to provide a password or visit a website. The letter itself is almost always replete with a large amount of information, including graphic, all this is done in order to give the user a complete impression of the credibility of the written. Carefully study the email address from which the letter was sent, very often attackers create addresses with similar names to their real names.
To protect yourself from phishing, it is recommended that you never follow the links contained in emails sent to you. If you want to visit the site specified in the letter, first study the link provided to you. In the text of the letter you can see, for example, the following text - "… visit the site bank.ru …", where "bank.ru" is a link. Do not rush to follow this link, such an entry does not mean that you will go to the site "https://bank.ru". Move the mouse cursor over the link and pay attention to the status bar of the browser (the lower part of the program window), the address to which the link leads will appear there. Follow links only after making sure they are safe.
