Phishing

Phishing

What is PHISHING?

Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.

How to prevemt phishing

  • Know what a phishing scam looks like
  • Don’t click on that link
  • Get free anti-phishing add-ons
  • Don’t give your information to an unsecured site
  • Rotate passwords regularly
  • Don’t ignore those updates