Test Your Phishing IQ

Think you’re good at filtering bad email? Are you certain you won’t be duped into giving away valuable information?
You may want to come down from your pedestal, because spammers and phishing scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

If you are unsure of what a phishing scam is, it is basically an attempt made by a scammer to exploit human curiosity/carelessness for personal gain.
Most phishing scams require some type of “bait” (i.e. email) to lure the victim to a hostile internet site, typically acting as a legitimate site. Once there, the scam will commence by asking for personal information, usually financial in nature. It is amazing how real the bait emails appear to be and how convincing the scammers are when asking for personal information. Sharpen your skills by taking the Sonicwall Phishing IQ test. This online exam has 10 real-world examples of email phishing, after the exam you will be scored and given reasons to missed questions.

Give it a try HERE.

We at ITSupportJournal scored a 9 out of 10, which in the world of scams = a ZERO!

Let us know how you did by commenting to this post.

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