Types of Phishing Attacks and How to Prevent Them
Interested in security? Follow along for content within Cybersecurity Social engineering is a manipulation technique that tricks users into making security mistakes or providing sensitive information. Phishing is a form of social engineering and is one of the popular social engineering attacks. In this article, we’ll explain what phishing is and go over 3 of the most common types of phishing attacks. With each type, we’ll explain best practices on how to protect yourself against them. What is Phishing? Phishing attacks are one of the most common attacks used by attackers to obtain sensitive information such as user credentials and credit card information. Attackers typically gain access to such sensitive information via email, social media, phone calls or any other form of communication where they can steal valuable data. It is a broad term used to gather sensitive information from people, but there are many types of phishing attacks. Implementing a security awareness program to edu