Phishing is a form of information security threat that uses social engineering to persuade users to disregard standard security procedures and divulge private data, including names, addresses, login credentials, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and other financial information. The majority of the time, hackers send out phoney emails that appear to be from reliable sources like banking institutions, eBay, PayPal, and even friends and coworkers.
Protective measures :
Businesses should teach their employees to stay away from downloading free software from dubious websites, clicking on links in emails from unknown senders, or downloading attachments from such emails.