Think! Before You Click The Link.
Statistics show that over 90% of cyber-attacks are a result of successful email phishing campaigns. Malicious attackers often take advantage of current events to tailor email messages to appear more authentic in an attempt to attract users to open and interact with the email. With the impending election, COVID-19, and respective upcoming holidays approaching, CLA wants to remind people to “Think, before you click the link.”
If you receive unsolicited email messages, take the time to think about why you are receiving this, and what action is the email asking you to perform.
- Does the sender’s email address appear suspicious?
- Is the greeting generic?
- Are there attachments?
- Is there a sense of an urgent response by you?
All of these are indicators of potential phishing.
Malicious actors like to send spoofed emails from internal employees/entities. If the email seems uncharacteristic of an employee/entity or seems sketchy verify with your IT department before moving forward.
Javier is a principal within the Cybersecurity Services Group at CLA. Prior to joining CLA, Javier spent ten years supporting the Department of Defense as well as a financial services company in the fields of insider threat, incident response, analytics, and systems engineering.
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