Email Security

noun email credentials - refers to the username and password used to access an email account

• Please ensure you keep your email credentials secure at all times.
• Don't forget to remember your email credentials.
• Make sure you don't lose your email login info.
• Your email credentials are like the key to your digital kingdom.

noun a type of phishing attack that is targeted towards a specific individual or organization

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• The company implemented a new training program to educate employees on how to recognize and avoid spear-phishing attacks.
• I received a suspicious email that looked like spear-phishing, so I deleted it right away.
• Watch out for those spear-phishing emails, they're tricky to spot!
• Spear-phishing is like a targeted attack aimed at specific individuals, rather than a wide net cast to catch many.

noun A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. In this case, 'account' is a noun because it refers to a record or statement of financial transactions.

preposition A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. In this case, 'over' is a preposition that indicates the action of taking control of an account.

• The company experienced a significant financial loss due to an account take-over by cybercriminals.
• My friend's social media account got hacked in an account take-over.
• I heard about a crazy account take-over where someone's entire online identity was stolen.
• The sudden change in leadership felt like an account take-over of the company.