Deceptive Phishing Attacks

“Phishing” is when cybercriminals try to get personal information like credit card numbers to steal money and passwords to important accounts. They can get this information from you and your computer. They can do it through emails, text messages, phone calls even. There are many techniques and styles attackers use to get this information out of people.
There are six common phishing attacks that we all have to know. The first common ways people “phish” is called “Deceptive Phishing.” This is when the person pretends to be a company and lead them to a fake site so they can put their information in. Next, is “Spear Phishing”, this is when the person tries to connect with the victim. By connecting, they email them with leading information about the person they are sending the email to. As if they know them personally. This is a really good way of tricking people into giving out their information. Many
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