Personal cyber security in email communication

Abstract

The article presents a description and analysis of phishing e-mails that were sent to one of the authors within two months. The article deals with social engineering, of which phishing attacks are a part, and describes the philosophy and tactics of attackers. Attention is focused on a detailed analysis of received e-mails and their decomposition from the point of view of the companies behind which attackers hide, analysis of offers and promises, frequency of receiving phishing e-mails and also on whether attackers hide behind men or women and where emails are most often sent.