Following the recent data breach at Naivas Supermarket, it's important to understand the threat of phishing and how to protect yourself from it
Phishing is a type of social engineering where attackers will try to trick you into giving away ua confidential info, such as ua usernames and passwords. They do this by creating fake websites that look almost identical to the real ones, and then convincing you to enter your information on these fake sites.
Phishing attacks can come in various forms, including:
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_Spear Phishing**_: This type of attack targets a specific group of people. Attackers usually gather information about the victim to personalize the phishing attempt, making it more convincing.
Whaling: Similar to spear phishing, whaling targets high-ranking individuals such as executives, managers, and other high-level people including religious leaders, politicians.
Smishing: This type of attack uses SMS messages to trick victims into revealing sensitive information.
Vishing: Vishing attacks are carried out through phone calls, where the attacker pretends to be a trustworthy person, such as a bank representative or MPESA Customer Care to obtain sensitive information.
Despite the different types of phishing attacks, the objective is always the same: _to trick individuals or organizations into providing sensitive information.
To protect yourself from phishing attacks, it's important to educate yourself and your team or those close to u on the threats of social engineering. Ensure you implement both 2FA and WAFs to significantly improve the security posture of your personal accounts, phone/other gadgets and help ensure that sensitive user data remains secure.
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