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2. How to spot 'spear phishing', an insidious cybercrime trend - AOL

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   Cyber criminals are getting savvier, with a trend called "spear phishing". Here’s how to tease out a legit email from a fake. Cyber criminals are getting savvier, with a trend called "spear ...

3. Phishing - Wikipedia

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   Phishing. Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information [1] or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often transparently mirror the site being targeted, allowing the attacker to ...

4. 5 Ways to Help Prevent Online Phishing Attacks - AOL

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   Utilize anti-virus software to help keep online threats from attacking your devices. Products like Malwarebytes block dangerous malware to help keep your sensitive data safe and secure. If you do ...

5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

6. Check cashing schemes, spear phishing, more: Protect your ...

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   Spear phishing: Emails are sent to student employees that appear to be from the college. The email contains a link and claims some type of issue has risen requiring them to enter their login ...

7. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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   The method is known as phishing or spear phishing: 'phishing' involves sending thousands of emails claiming, for example, that an account has been compromised; 'spear phishing' typically involves targeted and personalized emails or messages designed to deceive specific individuals or organizations into revealing sensitive information or ...

8. Internet security awareness - Wikipedia

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   This attack generally relies on a bulk email approach and the low cost of sending phishing emails. Few targets are fooled, but so many are targeted that this is still a profitable vector. Spear phishing is an email crafted and sent to a specific person to whom it may appear to be legitimate. [13]

9. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.