Spear Phishing: How Attackers Use Email to Steal Privileged Information, Install Malware & Make Your Life Miserable
Just like real fishing, criminals engaged in phishing dangle tempting bait in front of users in the hope that they can lure them into revealing their login credentials. If you have an email account, you’ve received at least one real looking email, seemingly from a financial institution like a bank or Paypal, asking you to provide your user name, password, or social security number.