Phishing Phails
A deceptive email that tries to trick you into revealing personal information
What is a phishing email?
This law protects the privacy and security of individuals' health information
What is HIPAA?
Using this type of network in a public place can expose your personal information
What is public Wi-Fi?
This is a strong practice to have in place, that requires two forms of I.D. to log into an account
What is Two factor authentication?
This is a strong combination of letters, numbers, and symbols that protects your accounts
What is a strong password?
The act of mimicking a legitimate website's URL to trick users into entering their credentials
What is URL spoofing?
This is the type of information that HIPAA protects, including medical records and billing information
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
This is a type of online tracking that uses small text files to collect information about your browsing habits
What are cookies?
This is a common tactic used in phishing emails, where the sender pretends to be someone you trust, like your bank or a colleague
What is spoofing?
This is a malicious program hidden inside seemingly legitimate software or files, often spread through phishing emails
What is malware?
An email that creates a sense of urgency, like claiming your account will be suspended, is a common tactic of this
What is phishing?
This is the term for any unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of protected health information
What is a HIPAA breach?
This is a type of software that tracks your online activity without your consent
What is Spyware?
This is a way to encrypt your email messages to protect them from unauthorized access
What is email encryption?
This is a type of software that protects your computer from malware
What is antivirus software?
A phishing email often contains this, which, when clicked, can lead to malicious websites or download malware
What is a malicious link?
This is the term for the process of making PHI unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals
What is data encryption?
This is a setting on your social media accounts that controls who can see your posts and information
What are privacy settings?
This is a digital signature that verifies the authenticity of an email sender
What is a digital certificate?
This type of phishing attack uses text messages to trick you into revealing personal information
What is Smishing?
This is a type of phishing attack that specifically targets high-level executives within an organization
What is Spear Phishing?
This is a document that patients sign to acknowledge that they have received information on HIPAA
What is a HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices?
This principle states that you should only collect and retain the minimum amount of personal data necessary
What is data minimization?
This is the practice of verifying the sender's identity before opening an email attachment
What is sender verification?
This is a method of encrypting data that is being transmitted over a network
What is SSL/TLS encryption?