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Lesson 6: Improving Email Security
Lesson Objectives
In this lesson, you will:
Identify phishing emails
Take appropriate steps if you suspect you have been
exposed to identity theft
Use a spam filter
Identify email hoaxes
Create disposable email accounts
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Confronting Email Security Risks
Email carries potential risks
Malware infection
Spam
Phishing
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Confronting Email Security Risks
Spam
More than just an annoyance
Cost businesses close to $198 billion in 2007
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Phishing in Email
Attempt to trick users into revealing personal
information
Can lead to identity theft
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Phishing in Email
Identifying features
Message not addressed to you
Greeting does not refer to you by name
Hyperlinks do not match actual URL
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Phishing in Email
Victims
Forward phishing message to [email protected] and to
Forward phishing message to company that was
impersonated
Visit http://www.ftc.gov/IDTheft for the next steps
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Reducing Spam
Verify message legitimacy before forwarding
Snopes.com
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Reducing Spam
Avoid spambots
Keep your email address off websites
Read privacy policies and EULAs
Opt out if possible
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Reducing Spam
Multiple email accounts
Personal
Business
Disposable
Dealing with Spam
Once started, spam cannot be stopped – only
controlled
Spam filters
Software installed as an email program add-in
Must be trained
Service that checks mail before it hits your inbox
Whitelists and blacklists
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