COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS PHISHING
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Uses Facebook
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Uses Social Media
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Privacy settings allows anyone AND everyone to know where he is and what he is doing.
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Doesn’t like coffee
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phishing is an effective and dangerous cybercrime because it relies on people’s inherent trust in the internet. The idea that criminals would be able to fool you into giving up private information is hard for most people to believe, which makes it easy for even well-meaning people to fall victim to a phishing attack.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spear-phishing attackers target victims who put personal information on the internet. They might view individual profiles while scanning a social networking site.
Detailed explanation-3: -A spear phishing email includes information specific to the recipient to convince them to take the action the attacker wants them to take. This starts with the recipient’s name and may include information about their job or personal life that the attackers can glean from various sources.
Detailed explanation-4: -While traditional phishing uses a ‘spray and pray’ approach, meaning mass emails are sent to as many people as possible, spear phishing is a much more targeted attack in which the hacker knows which specific individual or organization they are after.