Phishing — How to Recognize It Before You Get Hooked

Phishing is not just about badly written emails from foreign princes. Modern phishing looks like a perfect copy of your bank's login page, a convincing text from a delivery service, or a message from a colleague whose account was compromised. The goal is always the same: trick you into entering credentials or clicking a malicious link. Look for small tells — misspelled domains, generic greetings, and requests for information a real company would already have.

Develop a habit: never enter login details from a link in a message. Always navigate to the site directly. If someone sends you a link to log in urgently, that urgency itself is the red flag. Real emergencies do not arrive via email with a convenient button.