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How to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks? Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks! Because of the Lockdown caused by the COVID-19 virus, the skills and quantity of hackers have increased a lot. And now they are doing a lot of illegal things, to scam and hack others to get money. And most people are victims of two tricks, Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks, these scams look so simple and appealing that one believes in them and becomes their victim. So today, here you'll know about Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks, and how to avoid them so that you can stay secure. What is Social Engineering? Social Engineering is easy to understand, the hacker uses his social skills to trick you and get your information. The hacker while talking to you will try to be a good guy, respectable and all, and the victim starts trusting the hacker and gives him enough information that the hacker can infiltrate your banks and devices. These hackers are very smart and good with their skills and they'll make the victim trust them. What is a Phishing Attack? A phishing attack is a type of Social Engineering. Still, in phishing attacks, the hacker doesn't communicate with the victim, he'll trick the victim with a website that will have free offers. When someone opens the website and gives their info to get the free things, the hacker takes that info and uses it to go further and breach your privacy. How to Indicate a Phishing Attack? Always check the sender's mail Or the website domain, before entering any sensitive information. Phishing sites mostly contain suspicious mail or unusual domain names (eg - .gr, .os, .do, etc). Only trust domains with .com, .org, or your country domain name (such as .in for India). A hacker doing phishing attacks will never give any contact information to you, always check if there is anything to contact the site. If there is nothing to contact on the website don't trust it. A lot of hackers, while doing a phishing attack, make many grammar mistakes and create an unusual or ugly layout. So if you see any grammar mistakes on the site, exit the site as soon as possible. Never download anything from unknown sources, the website will convince you to download the file and run it, this is the most used method to spread malware. Only download from trusted or verified sources. How can you Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing Attacks and Social Engineering? Don't trust anyone being too polite, chatting unnecessary, or asking too much info neither on call nor on SMS or mails. If someone claims to be from an organization, always verify his identity before engaging with him. Never provide your personal information to anyone other than the organization's legitimate persons. Never reveal your financial status to anybody, if the hacker gets to know about it, he'll try every possible thing to make you a victim. Never give any permission to unknown sources or websites. If you even allow single permission to hackers, they can hack your entire device. Use Multi-Factor Authorization, on every account you've. In case you become a victim, the hacker won't be able to login into your accounts easily. Use Anti-Virus services, anti-viruses help a lot to save you from hacker attacks. Conclusion Hackers are getting advanced, not day by day but every hour, every single hour they are looking for new things, learning new things to hack. Never trust anybody, and don't be greedy and give your personal information to others. And if you think you've been hacked, change the password of everything, close every bank account and report the attack to the police Or cybercrime.