Phishing Attacks

Question 1

What is Phishing?

Answer 1

Sending fraudulent emails that appear to be from reputable sources with the aim of convincing individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers

Question 2

What is Spear Phishing?

Answer 2

A form of phishing that is more tightly focused on a specific group of individuals or organizations

Question 3

What is Whaling?

Answer 3

Form of spear phishing that targets high-profile individuals, like CEOs or
CFOs

Question 4

What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)?

Answer 4

Sophisticated type of phishing attack that usually targets businesses by using one of their internal email accounts to get other employees to perform some kind of malicious actions on behalf of the attacker

Question 5

What is Vishing (Voice Phishing)?

Answer 5

Attacker tricks their victims into sharing personal or financial information over the phone

Question 6

What is Smishing (SMS Phishing)?

Answer 6

Involves the use of text messages to trick individuals into providing their personal information