What are some ways to combat against email phishing?

Here are 10 simple tips to identifying and preventing phishing scams.

• 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.
• Install firewalls.
• Don’t be tempted by those pop-ups.

What is a phishing email?

A phishing email is an email that appears legitimate but is actually an attempt to get your personal information or steal your money. Here are some ways to deal with phishing and spoofing scams in Outlook.com. How to spot a phishing email Here are some of the most common types of phishing scams:

How do I report email spoofing or phishing attempts?

Spoofing and phishing are key parts of business email compromise scams. To report spoofing or phishing attempts—or to report that you’ve been a victim—file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Remember that companies generally don’t contact you to ask for your username or password.

How can you prevent phishing attacks?

This includes extensive user education that is designed to spread phishing awareness, installing specialized anti phishing solutions, tools and programs and introducing a number of other phishing security measures that are aimed at proactive phishing protection while providing mitigation techniques for attacks that do manage to breach security.

What is Clone phishing and how to prevent it?

Clone Phishing is where a legitimate, and previously delivered, bit of online correspondence is used to create an almost identical or “cloned” email. The cloned communication will include malicious links or attachments, which will likely be trusted by the victim due to the previous email communications.