Protecting from Phishing

Did you know, two in five people (that’s 40%, for you statisticians) have had a password stolen, an account hacked, or received notice that their personal information had been leaked, all within the past year?  That’s a lot!  So how can we be sure we’re safe?

  The IT team has your back

 The Wise Group’s IT systems block thousands of suspicious emails, and have a system in place to block connections to nefarious websites.  Still, some manage to get by our robots, and that’s where you can help.

  Learn to recognise Phishing schemes

  Phishing is a term that means an attempt to get sensitive information by pretending to be from a reliable source.  Here’s a test, which one of these links is the real deal?  Try the links below:

Click here to learn more about our IT systems

Or

Click here to learn more about our IT systems

So, how can you know if it’s the real deal  BEFORE you click on it?  If you hold your mouse above any link like the ones above, there will be a pop up box to tell you where it wants to take you.  Double check this is where you want to go, otherwise, you could end up in the brown smelly stuff (no really, we meant Marmite).

Other ways to keep safe

- If you’re not sure, ask!  Either a colleague or the friendly help desk can assist in identifying the good eggs from the rotten ones.  But please, if you already know it’s a phishy email, we don’t need to see it.  You can safely drag and drop it into your Junk Email folder, knowing you outfoxed the phishers.  No need to be like this guy (yes, it’s a safe link).

- Remember, you will not legitimately be asked for your username or password in an email

- Check for spelling errors  and/or bad grammar, a sure sign that it’s not coming from a professional marketing department

- Don’t open attachments if you don’t know the sender. 

See the sample below.  It looks like it might come from the IT team.  But closer inspection shows it's not from a Wise email address.  It's also trying to get you to click on a link to reset your password.  The link isn't going to a real Wise link, and you won't be asked to reset your password via email.  Did you see it?

-If you find a random USB key laying around, please turn it into reception or the IT team.  DO NOT PLUG IT INTO A COMPUTER TO FIND OUT WHAT’S ON IT!!  This is where bad bugs can come from.