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    Phishing links try to steal personal information by disguising themselves as legitimate websites. Criminals use malicious links in emails or online to trick users into entering login credentials or downloading malware. Users can help protect themselves by carefully examining the URL of any link before clicking, and by verifying suspicious links on sites that check for phishing or malware. In particular, watch for numbers, hyphens, or misspellings in the domain name portion of the URL.

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    Phishing links try to steal personal information by disguising themselves as legitimate websites. Criminals use malicious links in emails or online to trick users into entering login credentials or downloading malware. Users can help protect themselves by carefully examining the URL of any link before clicking, and by verifying suspicious links on sites that check for phishing or malware. In particular, watch for numbers, hyphens, or misspellings in the domain name portion of the URL.

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    118 - SM Bad Link - A4 Infographic - EN-GB - AW V1

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    Phishing links try to steal personal information by disguising themselves as legitimate websites. Criminals use malicious links in emails or online to trick users into entering login credentials or downloading malware. Users can help protect themselves by carefully examining the URL of any link before clicking, and by verifying suspicious links on sites that check for phishing or malware. In particular, watch for numbers, hyphens, or misspellings in the domain name portion of the URL.

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    http://fake.stealingyourdata.yourcompany.

    com

    TIPS TO SPOT A BAD LINK


    Phishing is still the most common way cybercriminals primary
    ANATOMY OF A URL protocol domain path
    steal information or deliver malicious software. Besides
    tricking you into opening up malicious attachments,
    another way of infecting your machine is through https://training.mybank.com/main.jsp
    malicious links.
    sub-domain top level
    Stealing credentials, for example, a link may take domain
    you to a fake site that looks like your bank or email
    account, and you try to log in with your username
    Hover your mouse over the link to display the address
    and password.
    it takes you to and watch out for:
    Malware or “virus” downloads: The link may also
    1 Numbers in front of domain names – this takes you
    take you to a website that infects your computer with
    to a completely different site.
    malware like ransomware. It might even download
    the malware directly without you going to a web page.

    Protect yourself: Understand the anatomy of a URL:


    The primary domain is what matters most. It’s the
    part in front of the first forward-slash and is a bit like 2 Hyphens in front of domain names take you to a
    the actual address of the company you want to visit. completely different site.

    • Check links by copying them to:


    https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/
    • Create bookmarks for sites you visit often 3 Full stops splitting a domain name or misspelled
    rather than clicking on links domain names.
    • Don’t click on links you aren’t expecting

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