Relying on good judgment alone isn’t a fail-safe measure, so make sure to also implement these best practices:
Employee awareness training: Employees must be trained to recognize malspam threats, be on the alert for signs of a malspam threat, and report such attempts to the proper corporate security staff.
Use antivirus software: Anti-malware tools scan devices to prevent, detect, and remove malware that enters a system through malspam.
Use an email security solution: Email security solutions use pre-defined denylists created by expert security researchers to automatically block malspam delivery or move malspam emails to a junk folder.
Use an up-to-date browser and software: Regardless of system or browser, make sure to always use the latest version. New and innovative attacks are launched all the time, so constantly patching and updating the organization’s solutions will provide stronger defenses against malspam threats.
Never reply to potential malspam or other suspicious emails: Responding to malspam emails lets cybercriminals know that the address is active. They will then put the address at the top of their priority lists and continue to retarget it.
Use multi-factor authentication (MFA): Even if a victim’s credentials have been compromised in a malspam attack, MFA requires a second level of verification (such as an access code sent to a mobile phone) before granting access to a sensitive account.