How to protect yourself against phishing?
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 7:16 am
Phishing attacks are claiming more and more victims! According to the website cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, phishing has been on the rise in recent years in France. Hackers are becoming more and more aggressive in their attacks and are competing in imagination to deceive their victims. Esendex informs you about these fraudulent practices and provides you with good practices to adopt on a daily basis to protect yourself effectively.
Phishing: definition and method of operation
Phishing, also called phishing, is a technique that consists of making the victim believe that they are addressing a trusted third party , with the aim of stealing confidential information (password, credit card number, etc.). The goal? To steal funds from them.
To trick their victims, hackers most often rely on reproducing the pages of a website . Here is how these malicious people generally proceed. You receive an email or text message from your bank, your mobile operator or even a company with which you are used to collaborating, specifying for example that:
your last payment was refused and you need to pay your bill as soon as possible;
following a technical incident, you must confirm paraguay whatsapp list or update your personal information, such as your banking details;
you will receive a refund and for this you need to update your bank details….
By clicking on the link in the fraudulent message, you are automatically panama redirected to a counterfeit web page , bearing the logo of your bank, your operator, or that of the company used to trap you.
4 good practices to adopt to protect yourself from phishing
To avoid this type of problem, we offer you some recommendations.
Pay attention to the domain name
The counterfeit domain name is usually almost identical to the provider's. However, small subtleties can put you on the trail of a phishing attempt.
At Esendex, we observed this type of fraud in our last attack. The hackers used esendex.me, esendex.top or esendex.pro for example. They had also copied our login page exactly. The only differences were the domain name and the padlock , which indicated that our site was a secure site.
Be careful: look carefully at the URL of the link. Any spelling mistakes or irregularities should attract your attention !
In general, never connect anywhere other than to the official websites of the administration, institution or organization on which you depend.
The French website naming association offers you several solutions in the event of a dispute and allows you to report the false domain name . As a company, if you are a victim of phishing, the first reflex is to alert your customers and ensure that they are using the correct address to connect to your services. As a reminder, our services are accessible on
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Beware of Google Ads
Like many businesses, we use Google Ads. These ads allow us to appear first on Google search results pages, when you search for “Esendex” for example. However, during our attack, the hackers also created new ads by purchasing our brand name to appear first on Google search results.
If you also use Google Adwords, you can set up alerts to automatically increase your bids when some of your keywords are no longer in first position, for example. In the event of an attack, it is first preferable to contact Google directly to warn them and find a solution to close these fraudulent accounts. You can also advise your customers to access your website via a bookmark saved on their computer so that they do not have to search for your company name on search engines.
Phishing: definition and method of operation
Phishing, also called phishing, is a technique that consists of making the victim believe that they are addressing a trusted third party , with the aim of stealing confidential information (password, credit card number, etc.). The goal? To steal funds from them.
To trick their victims, hackers most often rely on reproducing the pages of a website . Here is how these malicious people generally proceed. You receive an email or text message from your bank, your mobile operator or even a company with which you are used to collaborating, specifying for example that:
your last payment was refused and you need to pay your bill as soon as possible;
following a technical incident, you must confirm paraguay whatsapp list or update your personal information, such as your banking details;
you will receive a refund and for this you need to update your bank details….
By clicking on the link in the fraudulent message, you are automatically panama redirected to a counterfeit web page , bearing the logo of your bank, your operator, or that of the company used to trap you.
4 good practices to adopt to protect yourself from phishing
To avoid this type of problem, we offer you some recommendations.
Pay attention to the domain name
The counterfeit domain name is usually almost identical to the provider's. However, small subtleties can put you on the trail of a phishing attempt.
At Esendex, we observed this type of fraud in our last attack. The hackers used esendex.me, esendex.top or esendex.pro for example. They had also copied our login page exactly. The only differences were the domain name and the padlock , which indicated that our site was a secure site.
Be careful: look carefully at the URL of the link. Any spelling mistakes or irregularities should attract your attention !
In general, never connect anywhere other than to the official websites of the administration, institution or organization on which you depend.
The French website naming association offers you several solutions in the event of a dispute and allows you to report the false domain name . As a company, if you are a victim of phishing, the first reflex is to alert your customers and ensure that they are using the correct address to connect to your services. As a reminder, our services are accessible on
Also read: Protect yourself against coronavirus-related SMS scams
Beware of Google Ads
Like many businesses, we use Google Ads. These ads allow us to appear first on Google search results pages, when you search for “Esendex” for example. However, during our attack, the hackers also created new ads by purchasing our brand name to appear first on Google search results.
If you also use Google Adwords, you can set up alerts to automatically increase your bids when some of your keywords are no longer in first position, for example. In the event of an attack, it is first preferable to contact Google directly to warn them and find a solution to close these fraudulent accounts. You can also advise your customers to access your website via a bookmark saved on their computer so that they do not have to search for your company name on search engines.