Avoid These Email Attachments If You Don T Want To Get Phished
Instead of inserting links to a phishing page in the body of an email where they’ll likely be found by email filters, malicious HTML attachments make it easier to camouflage phishing content. According to Kaspersky (opens in new tab), there are two main types of HTML attachments used by cybercriminals: HTML files with a link to a fake website or a full-fledged phishing page. The first type allows an attacker to hide a link in the attached file as well as to automatically redirect a potential victim to a fraudulent site while the second type of HTML attachment allows an attacker to skip creating a fake website while saving on web hosting (opens in new tab) costs....