How can you stop phishing?

These days, different users do most of their work online and through the Internet, so all people have essential information in their systems, which has led to an increase in the number of hackers worldwide.  Hackers use different methods  to infiltrate other designs to access their data and eventually achieve their goals.

Cyber-attacks that hackers are doing are attacks in which hackers try to infiltrate multiple systems by using several devices and sometimes even one computer.

It should be noted that when a system is attacked by various hackers, depending on the method that they have chosen to attack, the system may encounter considerable damages, including the possibility of data theft and other cases.

There are several types of cyberattacks, including Malware, Man-in-the-middle attacks, DDoS attacks, SQL injection,  Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, Password Attacks, and Phishing.

There have been many reports of phishing attacks in the past, but these attacks have increased dramatically due to Covid-19, which has forced many organizations to work remotely in recent years.

Given the high number of reports related to this attack, it is necessary to learn how to stop it, but before that, it is required to know the general definition of this case.

What is a phishing attack?

This attack is made in combination with social engineering. In most cases, it is being done through various emails. The attackers try to introduce themselves as users' friends to access the desired information in a friendly way finally.

Also, sometimes the content of emails is such that the attackers introduce themselves as people who work in large companies and finally try to convince you to provide them with important information so that they can eventually abuse this data in a way they want.

Why is Phishing so damaging?

In our opinion, these attacks are one of the most dangerous ones carried out by various hackers because the hacker can gain access to a lot of information in this way. It also makes enormous problems for site developers (In Slovak:  vývojár stránky  ).

As we have mentioned before, there are many reports of this type of hacking, which shows the great interest of hackers in it, which is why you need to be fully aware of the available ways to stop it.

How can someone stop Phishing?

-Raise your awareness of phishing attacks:

Raising awareness can help you deal with  the various methods that hackers use to hack to protect your information.

It would be best to visit sites that inform you of the latest phishing attacks and their key identifiers regularly so that you can be fully acquainted with the latest phishing attacks and quickly identify threats.

Our general recommendation is to study all the methods of this type of attack and the tips of each as much as possible. If you own a large institution, it is necessary to teach all the critical points to your employees in training classes.

We emphasize raising awareness in this regard because  phishing attacks  use human mistakes to succeed, which ultimately causes great harm to the users.

To be familiar with security issues and be aware of different ways of hacking, we suggest that you seek help from experts in this field and receive the necessary security training.

Security experts teach different users about various issues such as using a strong password, using two-step authentication, the general structure of suspicious emails, not clicking on suspicious links, checking the URLs of email sender websites, etc.

These tutorials are often provided online these days. During these sessions, users are also confronted with examples of phishing simulation attacks to see whether they can detect them or not.

-Email Gateway:

One of the things that can help you against this type of attack is an email gateway, which is a type of email server that protects users' email servers, scans and filters all incoming and outgoing emails.

Assume that no malicious emails enter your inbox, so how likely are you to be attacked?

As we said, email gateways scrutinize all emails, and it can block most spam emails and delete any email that contains malicious links.

The interesting thing about this is that if your account is compromised, they will notify you immediately to prevent further damages.

It is possible for you to obtain these Email Gateways from various relevant sites so that you can ease your mind and stop worrying about this type of attack.

-Website Filtering:

One way to combat  phishing attacks is to filter the web, which you can do with a web proxy or DNS filtering to increase the security of your information.

The important thing to note about these filters is that they use anti-virus systems to scan pages to report threats to you.

It is also possible for users to download plugins for free to detect known phishing sites.

-Do not click on anonymous links in email:

Clicking on infected links can bring you one step closer to becoming a victim and affect your security.

The suggestion that is regularly given to different users is that before they click on any link, first hold the mouse on it and check the link's destination. If the destination is suspicious, you have to delete the email.

-Notice the closed padlock icon next to the URL:

If you click on the link in the spam email and are referred to a site whose address does not start with "HTTPS", you must leave the site immediately.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure is a protocol that is much more secure than  the HTTP protocol, and many browsers have declared that sites without HTTPS are not secure as well, so users should pay attention to the addresses as much as possible.

You should never enter any information on these sites, as the email you opened is most likely a spam email.

-Take your browser updates seriously:

One of the basic ways to deal with  different types of cyberattacks  is to update different software. As you know, the developers of this software try to eliminate the bugs in the previous version by providing a new version and providing more security for users.

You may regularly ignore update messages so that hackers will use available security holes to implement their goals.

As a result, take your browser updates seriously because, given the above, it may result in a phishing attack.

-Use firewalls:

One way to help different users prevent hacking attacks is a firewall.

A firewall is a network security system that monitors all incoming and outgoing traffic and reports it in case of suspicion.

To stop phishing attacks, we suggest installing firewalls and checking all available items.

Our recommendation is to use desktop and network firewalls in combination and simultaneously to provide more security for your system and your information.

-Having a data security platform:

Despite observing all the cases and using different tools, it is still possible that Phishing will attack you.

In this case, using a data security platform can help you identify suspicious cases.

It should be noted that detecting various attacks and rapid response to them is very important, which is possible for you with the help of this platform.

If hackers can gain access to your information through this attack,  data security platforms can quickly detect  and report the damage to you so that you can take immediate action.

Last word:

In general,  phishing attacks  are very dangerous due to the fact that they can destroy users' systems and help hackers implement their malicious goals, to encounter this type of attack, you need to take various measures, which in this article we mentioned some available ways.

As you know, various actions must be taken at the right time so that hackers cannot take more steps towards their goals; it seems that one of the most practical ways to stop Phishing is to raise awareness about new methods of hacking.

It should be noted that in addition to raising awareness, it is necessary to use the tools and software available in this regard to increase the level of security, which we have mentioned a number of them here, we hope this article can be useful for you.