How to Spot an E-Mail Phishing Attack

It's something that happens to everyone: you're checking your e-mail and a message catches your eye. It says it's urgent and it seems to come from a company or person you think you know, so you open the message. It tells you there's a problem with your account and to use a link provided in the message to fix the problem. If you click it, it goes to a page that looks right, but how can you really be sure? How do you tell which e-mails are safe and legitimate from the ones that are looking to steal your information or, worse, money?

Does an Internet Security Blog Need to be Technical?

Surviving the Internet era can be difficult: we all know the web can be a modern Wild West, so how do we navigate it safely? How do we help our children, parents, or grandparents reduce the risk of living in an Internet connected world without tightening security settings to the point their devices become unusable?

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