How to Spot Phishing Emails (in 2020)

Phishing emails are on the increase and so are spear phishing attacks. That's why its so important to be able to spot them. Scams threaten our personal data security and are also used to help criminals gain access to organisations’ networks and steel, corrupt or delete data.

You need to be able to recognise a phishing scam, and be able to identify the tricks the hackers use to fool us..

This video explains some of the threats and shows what to look for in phishing emails so as to lessen the chances of being fooled into giving away personal data or downloading malicious software.

We've also made four new videos on this theme:

Reporting Phishing Emails and Why It's Important
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How Phishing Emails Get Through
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How a Spear Phishing Attack Works
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Data breaches and ransom/blackmail demands
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