COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Scammers use email or text messages to try to steal your passwords, account numbers, or Social Security numbers. If they get that information, they could get access to your email, bank, or other accounts. Or they could sell your information to other scammers.

Detailed explanation-2: -URL Phishing-A Malicious Website URL phishing attacks take phishing a step further to create a malicious website. The link to the site is embedded within a phishing email, and the attacker uses social engineering to try to trick the user into clicking on the link and visiting the malicious site.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phishing emails can reach millions of users directly, and hide amongst the huge number of benign emails that busy users receive. Attacks can install malware (such as ransomware), sabotage systems, or steal intellectual property and money.

Detailed explanation-4: -Phishing is a form of fraud in which an attacker masquerades as a reputable entity or person in email or other forms of communication. Attackers will commonly use phishing emails to distribute malicious links or attachments that can perform a variety of functions.