{"id":1405,"date":"2025-07-15T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diya.pro\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:01:09","slug":"what-is-phishing-and-how-can-you-protect-yourself-and-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/what-is-phishing-and-how-can-you-protect-yourself-and-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Phishing and How Can You Protect Yourself and Your Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wondering what phishing really is and how to deal with it? Read the post and find out how to protect yourself and your business.<br><br>What is Phishing? Let&#8217;s delve into the subject matter.<br><br>Phishing is a cyber scam where attackers pretend to be someone you trust, like a well-known company, bank, boss or even your cousin, to steal sensitive information (typically usernames, passwords, credit card information, etc.). It&#8217;s often used to enable other harmful activities, such as on-path attacks or cross-site scripting.<br><br>How to Recognize Phishing?<br>Be attentive and look out for:<br>1. Suspicious email addresses<br><a href=\"mailto:support@micr0s0ft365.com\">support@micr0s0ft365.com<\/a><br>2. Unsolicited attachments<br>A zip file or link from someone you&#8217;ve never emailed<br>3. URGENT! Update your password emails.<br>Have you ever received emails like: Your account will be deleted in 12 hours unless you log in here now: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scam.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.scam.com<\/a>? Well, that&#8217;s a scam.<br>4. Too-good-to-be-true offers<br>Congratulations! You&#8217;ve won a brand new iPhone 16, just pay $1 for shipping.<br>5. Fake websites that look real<br>A URL like supp0rt.micrs0ft.c0m with &#8220;0&#8221; instead of &#8220;o&#8221;.<br>6. Social media impersonators<br>When you receive a request from your cousin, &#8221; Hey, can you please vote for me in this contest? Log in here. Thank you!<br><br>How to Protect Yourself and Your Business?<br>Here are a few tips:<br>1. Always double-check URLs and senders (domains)<br>2. Use two-factor authentication<br>3. Keep your software updated<br>4. Back up the data on your computer and phone<br>5. Educate your team<br><br>Want to stay 100% safe? Diya&#8217;s got you covered! We know how to protect you, your business, and your team from phishing and other cyber threats.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering what phishing really is and how to deal with it? Read the post and find out how to protect yourself and your business. What is Phishing? Let&#8217;s delve into the subject matter. Phishing is a cyber scam where attackers pretend to be someone you trust, like a well-known company, bank, boss or even your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyapro.devinprogress.net\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}