NETWORK SECURITY
INTRODUCTION
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The attempt to acquire sensitive info such as usernames, passwords and credit card details
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Going for fishing
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It is an attack in which a hacker attempts to redirect a website’s traffic to another fake bogus website.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phishing is a malicious email attempt to obtain sensitive information by disguising as a trustworthy website, person, or company.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition(s): A technique for attempting to acquire sensitive data, such as bank account numbers, through a fraudulent solicitation in email or on a web site, in which the perpetrator masquerades as a legitimate business or reputable person.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is phishing? Phishing is when attackers attempt to trick users into doing ‘the wrong thing’, such as clicking a bad link that will download malware, or direct them to a dodgy website.
Detailed explanation-5: -Email phishing. Most phishing attacks are sent by email. Spear phishing. There are two other, more sophisticated, types of phishing involving email. Whaling. Whaling attacks are even more targeted, taking aim at senior executives. Smishing and vishing. Angler phishing. 31-Jan-2023