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The seriousness of the business risks from phishin

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:25 am
by zakiyatasnim
Those who enter payment details in online stores are also at risk: if you make a mistake with the input box, without checking the address in the browser, you risk sending money to a fraudster. Especially since there are services that simulate a transaction error in order to repeat it, for example, to make a transaction twice in a row.

For business accounts, phishing damage can negatively impact a brand's reputation. This type of hack may be of interest to competitors to compromise you, create a provocation, or obtain some important information under the guise of a trade secret for selfish purposes.


Phishing is a tool for creating reputational risks. If the attack was kenya number data planned by a competitor, they can publish information that is destructive to the brand. A business account can also be used, for example, to post links to phishing sites where payment details are entered.

The fact of hacking will be revealed quite quickly, but this will not save you from reputational losses: your account will be banned, you will lose time and money.

Another risk, often underestimated, is gaining control over your employees' accounts. Fraudsters can learn confidential information from correspondence or start sending messages that undermine the reputation of one of your colleagues or managers. Even if you prevent the dissemination of such information in a documented manner with NDA contracts, the speed of the attack will work in your favor - as they say, the Internet remembers everything.