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Phishing - Coggle Diagram
Phishing
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Types of Phishing
Whaling.
HR and payroll teams are frequent targets of whaling attacks because they have access to sensitive personal data.
In another whaling attack, an employee at a commodities firm wired $17.2 million in several installments to a bank in China, as requested by what looked to be emails from the CEO
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Spear Phishing.
An attempt to acquire sensitive information or access to a computer system by sending counterfeit messages that appear to be legitimate
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Definition: Phishing is a type of social engineering where an attacker sends a fraudulent message designed to trick a human victim into revealing sensitive information to the attacker or to deploy malicious software on the victim's infrastructure like ransomware.
Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers.
It occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message.
A criminal activity trying to find sensitive information, such as passwords or banking details, by fradulent means.
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