Email Phishing & Spoofing

An email phishing attack is the act of sending a very convincing email that sends you to a fake website. This can be done by either imitating a known brand, or tricking the user into thinking they are visiting the site but are being redirected in the background.
The intent of these attacks is to steal personal information, such as usernames and passwords.
One way to help prevent these attacks is through email phishing and spoofing software. Email phishing and spoofing software analyzes incoming emails and assesses if it is likely to be a phishing attempt. If so, it will warn the recipient with an alert message before they click on any links or download any attachments from that email.

Phishing is an attack that attempts to steal your money, or your identity, by getting you to reveal personal information — such as credit card numbers, bank information, or passwords — on websites that pretend to be legitimate. Cybercriminals typically pretend to be reputable companies, friends, or acquaintances in a fake message, which contains a link to a phishing website. Email spoofing is a technique used in spam and phishing attacks to trick users into thinking a message came from a person or entity they either know or can trust. In spoofing attacks, the sender forges email headers so that client software displays the fraudulent sender address, which most users take at face value.