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How to Recognize a Phishing Email

Step-by-step guidance on identifying phishing emails by examining red flags such as suspicious sender domains, grammatical errors, spoofed branding, and deceptive URLs. These posts help readers build practical skills to evaluate every email with a critical eye.

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Phishing Awareness

How to Recognize a Phishing Email Before You Click

The Email That Cost One Company $100 Million In 2019, Toyota Boshoku Corporation lost $37 million in a single business email compromise attack. A threat actor impersonated a senior executive, sent a convincing email, and an employee wired the funds. No malware. No zero-day exploit. Just one phishing email that

Carl B. Johnson May 22, 2026 6 min read
Phishing Email Detection

How to Recognize a Phishing Email Before You Click

In March 2024, a finance director at a mid-size manufacturer in Ohio wired $2.3 million to a threat actor who impersonated the company's CEO — all because of a single phishing email. The message looked perfect: right logo, right tone, right email signature. It even referenced an actual

Carl B. Johnson Apr 04, 2026 5 min read