Phishing: how to detect and prevent it
Phishing remains the most common attack vector. Learn to identify fraudulent emails and protect your organization.
Have you ever received an email so convincing you paused to wonder if it was real? That's the real danger of modern phishing. We're no longer talking about badly-written messages or obvious scams. Today's attacks are personalized, believable and, in many cases, AI-generated.
Attackers study public profiles, analyze behavior and craft emails that perfectly mimic banks, coworkers or services you trust. Spotting them is no longer about intuition — it's about knowing exactly what signals to look for.
Red flags
- Sender that mimics a legitimate domain with subtle changes (e.g. safe-bank.com vs safebank.com)
- Artificial urgency: "your account will be suspended in 24 hours"
- Links whose hover target differs from the visible text
- Requests for credentials, MFA codes or financial data over email
- Unexpected attachments, especially .zip, .docm or .html
How to protect yourself
- Enable MFA on every critical account
- Check the real sender (not the display name)
- Never enter credentials from a link received by email
- Report suspicious emails to your security team
- Train your organization with controlled phishing exercises
Conclusion
Phishing evolves as fast as the AI powering it. The best defense combines technical controls (MFA, email filtering, DMARC) with a trained security culture.