Types of Phishing
There are several types of Phishing, but we’ll focus on just two today….
Deceptive (Common) phishing and Spear Phishing….
Deceptive phishing is a broad attack aimed at multiple people. This is the most common type of phishing. It refers to any attack by which fraudsters impersonate a legitimate company and attempt to steal people’s personal information or login credentials.
Spear phishing is a more targeted and sophisticated scam. The cybercriminals will make a more 'personal' approach. They will customise their emails with the target’s name, position, company and other information in an attempt to trick the recipient into believing that they have a connection with the sender.
There is also one other type, Whaling – which goes after, as it sounds, the big fish… i.e. C level execs and company boards, directors etc.