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Record Nr.

UNINA9910731463603321

Autore

Oles Nicholas

Titolo

How to Catch a Phish [[electronic resource] ] : A Practical Guide to Detecting Phishing Emails / / by Nicholas Oles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2023

ISBN

1-4842-9361-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 pages)

Disciplina

005.82

Soggetti

Phishing - Prevention

Electronic mail messages - Security measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. How Email Works -- Chapter 2. Phishing Tactics and Techniques -- Chapter 3. PICERL Process explained -- Chapter 4. Analyzing Message Content -- Chapter 5. Links -- Chapter 6. Attachments -- Chapter 7. Log Searching and Response -- Chapter 8. Remediation and Lessons Learned.

Sommario/riassunto

Learn how to detect, analyze, and respond to phishing emails, the top infection vector used by cybercriminals. The repeatable process described in this book has been cultivated and tested in real-life incidents and validated across multiple threat landscapes and environments. Every organization and individual with an email account is susceptible to deceptive emails sent by attackers with nefarious intentions. This activity, known as phishing, involves an attacker attempting to lure individuals into providing sensitive information or performing a predetermined action. Attacks vary in sophistication, but the core skills and process to detect, analyze, and respond to a suspicious message does not change. Attackers have preyed on victims with convincing and not-so-convincing phishing emails to gain initial footholds into networks around the world for over 30 years. This attack method has been rapidly growing in popularity and continues to be the number one method that organizations and individuals struggle to defend against. Regardless of what any vendor or organization will tell you, no infallible tool exists to eliminate this threat completely. This book teaches you how to analyze suspicious messages using free tools



and resources. You will understand the basics of email, tactics used by attackers, and a repeatable process to systematically analyze messages and respond to suspicious activity. You Will Learn How to: Safely save email messages as attachments for analysis Identify what information is in an email header Review header information and extract key indicators or patterns used for detection Identify signs of a suspicious or malicious email message Detect the tactics that attackers use in phishing emails Safely examine email links and attachments Use a variety of free and simple tools to analyze email messages.