COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Question
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They use your name
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Spelling mistakes, bad grammar
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Email isn’t signed
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There’s a request for personal details
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Detailed explanation-1: -The message is sent from a public email domain. No legitimate organisation will send emails from an address that ends ‘gmail.com’. The domain name is misspelt. The email is poorly written. It includes suspicious attachments or links. The message creates a sense of urgency. 22-Mar-2022
Detailed explanation-2: -Phishing is an attempt to steal personal information or break in to online accounts using deceptive emails, messages, ads, or sites that look similar to sites you already use. For example, a phishing email might look like it’s from your bank and request private information about your bank account.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phishing emails typically use generic salutations such as “Dear valued member, ‘’ “Dear account holder, ‘’ or “Dear customer.” If a company you deal with required information about your account, the email would call you by name and probably direct you to contact them via phone.
Detailed explanation-4: -Look to see if a link is legitimate by hovering the mouse pointer over the link to see what pops up. If an email allegedly originates from (say) Google, but the domain name reads something else, report the email as a phishing attack.
Detailed explanation-5: -The email in question is not from a company domain. You received a verification email for an application, account, email list, etc… that you didn’t sign up for. Spoofed or masked names and/or email addresses. The domain is misspelled. The entire textbox within the email is a hyperlink. More items •04-Nov-2020