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Stay Productive & Secure - How to identify cyber threats in the "Home office"
IT Security Mar 20, 2020

Stay Productive & Secure - How to identify cyber threats in the "Home office".

The current situation often demands mobile working from home which in turn attracts more cyber criminals. Spear phishing e-mails used to spread malware are in increased circulation. Recently, the Czech hospital in Brno fell victim to a cyber-attack. How can threats be detected early on and damage avoided?

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Niklas Keller
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Working from home requires actively working together with your colleagues against cyber threats to protect your IT infrastructure and data. For example, phishing e-mails can be recognised as follows: The message is seeking to create a feeling of urgency and elicit a quick reaction in the reader. It may tell you should perform a certain action now in order to...

  • avoid negative consequences such as access to your e-mail account being blocked
  • receive a benefit such as a financial reward
  • get you to view something exciting or forbidden

 

The majority of these messages contain at least two of the following typical phishing features:

  • The sender’s name is different from the e-mail address the message was sent from
  • The sender purports to be an employee of a legitimate company but the e-mail address has no connection to this company
  • The message doesn’t feature any branding, such as the absence of a company logo or e-mail signature
  • The message refers to departments or services that don’t exist
  • Unusual words, atypical syntax or phrasing is used, and the message contains basic spelling or grammar errors
  • Links to registration sites are included
  • The message includes an attachment with a generic name

 

Of course, these tips don’t just apply to your e-mail account, but also to social media communications channels such as WhatsApp, LinkedIn and XING.

 

Contact your Bechtle account manager or take part in our webinar to learn more about how to best arm yourself against all types of cyber threats!

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