Hackers are very talented in the field of computers and regularly add to their capabilities in this field and access people's information in different ways, they may get help from hacking emails, which can do a lot of damage to users' information security , which we will discuss in more detail below.

What is phishing?

This attack is a kind of social engineering attack that hackers can use easily to access important user information, such as credit card numbers, important documents in the user system, and so on, all of these emails are very attractive and somehow encourage the user to click on them, and finally, when the user is aroused by fear, anxiety, etc., he/she clicks on them, and then most of them even prefer to click on malicious links which are given in the email that cause the entire user system to be hacked, and the hackers will reach their goal quickly, organizations and individuals who are exposed to such attacks lose a great deal of credibility and these hacking attacks have many destructive effects on their system.

Phishing history:

In 1990, the American Online Service Provider (AOL) introduced the concept of phishing, the name phishing was chosen according to the previous generation of scams named phone phreaking, and instead of the letter f (in fishing), they put the letters ph (phishing).

What turns email into phishing?

The question that may arise in your mind is how an email becomes a phishing email ? To answer this question, we must say that these emails are much more attractive than regular ones and the message that such emails have, often in relation with a matter of concern (such as the possibility of compromising your information), a matter of happiness (such as you winning a lottery), etc., the purpose of pointing out these issues by the hackers is that when users are concerned about something, they cannot think correctly, and they will open the email without checking it and click on the malicious links mentioned in it.These emails often use some URLs which are similar to a reputable company’s URL with only very small differences, and try to do all of their site design like a reputable site and make small changes that the user cannot recognize, so the user thinks that this site is a credible one, for example, you may open your email and see that it contains a congratulatory message from the bank informing you that you have won a lot of money in the bank lottery, which will raise your adrenaline, and you will be happy, so you cannot think properly and may even give your information to them or click on a suggested link which is given in that email, because, at this point, you never think about whether this message is real or not, and you don’t think of the point that whether the email address is suspicious or not, all the points mentioned can make you ignore the email address and implement the commands in it. 

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