Nowadays, improve System security is an important concern for private and public sector companies. Strong security policies decrease the chances of data leakage. Company systems get attacked in many ways. The main attack occurs through E-mails. Let’s discuss some facts related to that.
Investigate the emails, one of the traditional methods is email phishing. Let’s check “What is meant by E-mail Phishing”.
E-mail Phishing
There is a strong relationship between “phishing” and ” fishing”. Both cases track the victims with the wrong things. There are thousands of emails sent and received by companies. Many wanted and unwanted people receive your details like name, email, company logo and other pieces of information. Anybody can share your details with attackers.
Using your details, attackers act like you and send emails to your company’s people, customers, and Banks. etc
In the first look, the victims believe an email from colleagues or customers. If they reply without any confirmation leads to a big chance of information leakage and money waste.
E-mail Phishing is a popular method. So be cautious about sharing your official details with someone. Especially emails.
Recommended Action: Receivers should be vigilant and cross-check From address and other server details before replying to critical e-mails. Mainly finance-related emails.
We can’t stop e-mail phishing in one-day but possible to take some remedies to prevent these kinds of attacks. It’s like junk e-mails. The better way is to take precautions.
Follow the below measures to avoid future attacks from the same person or email
1. Mark the sender as spam in email clients(Outlook, Thunderbird. etc)
2. Block the sender in email clients(outlook, thunderbird.etc)
3. Report that email address to the server admin. Admin can blacklist the sender and domain in the server.
System Hacking
Hacking means Somebody enters your system/server and Misusing data for their purposes. It has to be a financial or non-financial reason.
Common Steps to avoid Hacking of systems.
1. System Upgradation. Replace/update all old systems and put updated Operating systems. windows stopped supporting old versions. So for better performance needs High-end systems.
2. Control all External access to the Internet.
Prevent All USB/HARD Disk/CD Usage in the office.
3. Advanced level firewall required.
Allowed Only the official websites. All others should be blocked
4. Use Genuine Software – Only use Licenced ones- Don’t use cracked licences
Important licences are
- a) Windows 10 licences
- b) Office 365/2016 licences
- c) Adobe Pdf Editor
5. Buy and use PAID Antivirus and System Cleaning Software
6. System Auditing – weekly/ Monthly checking of each system
7. Avoid the usage of emails in insecure Phones and Devices – Use high-end phones with proper security software installed.
Immediate Action: If anybody feels like their email or system gets hacked, request a password Change to the system admin.