Phishing attacks, where cybercriminals use false emails or websites to extract confidential information, are proving to be profitable.
According to a recent Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) trends report, the total number of unique phishing sites observed in the second quarter of 2016 reached an all-time high.
Falling victim to a phishing attack can potentially diminish the reliability of any organization’s reputation.
Phishing attacks highlight the basic security weakness of the Internet, according to security services experts, there is no way to ensure with 100 percent certainty that an organization at the other end of an e-mail or web session is who they say they are.
While there are no easy ways to stop phishing attacks. However, experts say there are a number of ways to better protect your organization including:
Read about other ways to slow phishing schemes from HealthData Management.
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