Question

Select one of the following potential victims of malware insertion:

• Financial institution (e.g., bank or investment firm)
• Defense contractor
• Large company
• Small company
• Retail company
• Individual smart phone user
• Individual home network

Answer the following questions about your selected victim:

• Impact if phishing attack is successful
• Potential actions this potential victim can take to prevent malware insertion or minimize the impact if malware is inserted.

Answer 1

Take Financial institution (eg. Bank). what is phishing attacks? - shishing, is . One of the hacking type in. which the hacker sends a message o email in which they ask to enter some data. If we click on the link provided by them then our credential may be accessed by them. In other words Phishing is electronic attacks used to steal personal information such as Username, Password or credit card details. 1t it is successful then necessary actions are 0 16 Bank details has been accessed by other person then we have to stop & no all the transactions with that Bank Account ② for that we have to consult higher authorities by notifing Phishing attack has. been done and Stop transactions. ② And updating our security by using some cloud services rather than traditional once.

6 from the Check the links before next spellings opening time onwards always of the URLs in email any links. 5 To protest against them always encou customes/ employees to enter login details through only trusted websites 6 Do not share or post sensible data Personal data in any website. Also have a great support system such that it any attack happens it will notity concerning authority without any dealy.