--- title: "The Newest Phishing Tactic Designed to Get You to Click | Phish Protection" description: "The Newest Phishing Tactic Designed to Get You to Click: Phishing is a pretty straightforward scam. Get victims to click on a link they shouldn" image: "https://phishprotection.com/og/blog/the-newest-phishing-tactic-designed-to-get-you-to-click.png" canonical: "https://phishprotection.com/blog/the-newest-phishing-tactic-designed-to-get-you-to-click/" --- Quick Answer Phishing is a pretty straightforward scam. Get victims to click on a link they shouldn't. In that regard, \_hackers never stop evolving and coming up with clever new ways to trick victims into clicking\_. And it seems they've done it again. 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Get victims to click on a link they shouldn’t. In that regard, _hackers never stop evolving and coming up with clever new ways to trick victims into clicking_. And it seems they’ve done it again. _The trick of course is to make a malicious URL look legitimate_. In that endeavor, hackers are now using the date to make phishing URLs look normal. According to an article on [PCMag](https://www.pcmag.com/news/372831/scammers-internet-domain-uses-the-date-to-mask-phishing-att) website, “_Scammers have been incorporating the date into their malicious internet domains to help them spoof legitimate websites_.” According to computer expert Terence Eden, who first noticed the phishing attempt, “he was surprised that the URL contained the letters ‘jan02,’ or the same date the message was sent to his wife. This helped the message look even more convincing.” This is really nothing more than a sophisticated variant of, [domain name spoofing](https://www.barracuda.com/glossary/domain-spoofing) a top **phishing tactic**. _Phishers will try every tactic imaginable to get you to click on a legitimate-looking link. And eventually they will convince you_. So, how do you protect yourself from this tactic and whatever new tactic the hackers come up with in the future? By using technology that doesn’t get tricked into clicking as humans do. The trick to detecting these clever **phishing emails** is to actually click on the malicious links, but do so in a place where it can’t do any harm. It’s akin to a bomb squad detonating a bomb in one of those bomb blast containers. The bomb goes off but it’s in a place where it can’t harm anybody. ![What is spear phishing](https://media.mailhop.org/phishprotection/images/2020/01/what-is-spear-phishing-4143.jpg) The equivalent of the bomb blast container for phishing emails is **cloud-based email security software** from [Phish Protection](/). It works by rerouting email meant for you, to their cloud-based server, where the software “clicks” on the links in the email and follows them to the where they point. And if any link should point to a phishing website, that **email is quarantined** and never hits your inbox. And _Phish Protection does all that in a fraction of a second_, so you don’t even notice it happening. If you want to stay safe from this new phishing tactic (and whatever the scammers come up with next), check out Phish Protection. _It sets up in minutes, doesn’t require and hardware or software and costs only pennies per user per month. Try is risk free for 30 days_. ## Topics [ Phishing ](/tags/phishing/) ![Brad Slavin](https://media.mailhop.org/phishprotection/images/authors/brad-slavin.jpg) [ Brad Slavin ](/authors/brad-slavin/) General Manager Founder and General Manager of DuoCircle. Product strategy and commercial lead across DuoCircle's 2,000+ customer base. [LinkedIn Profile →](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradslavin) ## Protect your inbox from phishing attacks Real-time email security with 60-day free trial. No credit card required. 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