Phishing Attack

Phishing is one of the oldest and most effective attack types in the history of the internet. In this type of attack, known as phishing attacks, it is generally aimed to steal passwords, credentials or similar sensitive data by sending fake messages such as gifts, discounts, or similar tempting messages to the victims' e-mail accounts.

The victim can become a prey by clicking on malicious links in the e-mail messages, or the victim's computers can be hijacked by attackers by running infected files sent as attachments with the e-mails.

It is a type of Internet fraud that aims to steal a user's account information by creating a copy of your bank, email, social media account or other organization's web page that requires you to enter information. With this method, scammers aim to obtain information that is important to you, such as your credit card, bank login details, passwords, account numbers, social media account information, etc.

How to protect yourself?

The scammers send you a copy of the targeted organization's web page as an email. On the page, which looks like an innocent informational e-mail, there is a section that asks you to log in as a user. If you carelessly enter your user information on this login screen, your information falls into the hands of fraudsters. 

For Example : customer-services@akbankk.com.tr

A second “k” at the end of the word akbank can result in your banking information falling into the hands of fraudsters in a careless moment.

In a nutshell, here's what you need to do to protect yourself from these attacks;

• The password you use for your email account should be different from the passwords for your other accounts.
• Do not respond to emails requesting personal information.
• If you are not sure who the email is from, ignore it.
• Remember that no institution or organization asks for your personal information via e-mail.
• The organization you work for will never send you an Email asking for your personal information or password.
• Do not click on URL links in emails you find suspicious.
• Never click on shortened URL links (bit.ly, ow.ly, tinyurl.com, is.gd, goo.gl, tiny.cc, cli.gs, etc.) in e-mail messages.