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Phishers are individuals or groups who attempt to deceive people into revealing sensitive information. Phishing is the fraudulent act or method used by phishers, typically through fake emails, websites, or messages, to steal data like passwords and financial detail.
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How does Spear phishing differ from phishing?
Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.Spear Phishing is the same as Phishing. The difference is that the attack is targeted towards a specific person or group.Whaling is the same thing as Spear Phishing. The difference is that the specific target is high-value, such as company CEOs, CFOs, etc.
What is a spear phishing?
Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.Spear Phishing is the same as Phishing. The difference is that the attack is targeted towards a specific person or group.Whaling is the same thing as Spear Phishing. The difference is that the specific target is high-value, such as company CEOs, CFOs, etc.
What is a phishers?
social engineering
What kind of tools do phishers use?
Successful phishers will use social engineering, human nature and programming tools.
What specific country the phishing started?
There probably is no one particular country where phishing started. Since phishing is essentially a form of "social engineering" and people have been running cons and scams throughout recorded history, it is likely that the first phishing sprang up in multiple places independently and roughly simultaneously with the creation of email. The first "phishers" were probably from countries with fairly good computer infrastructures when email was first created. Phishing occurred even before the first recorded use of the term around 1996. As an example, warez community members on AOL were using AOHell as early as 1994 to steal credit card numbers to use to pay for AOL accounts.
How a phishing website looks?
Phishing websites are made to look exactly like the real thing. They are intended to trick people into thinking they are viewing a popular website (perhaps a shopping site, email, credit card provider, etc.) that they probably use. If the person logs in at the phony website, the phishers will get their user name and password, which allows the criminals to use that login information on the real site. The best way to avoid getting fooled by a phishing website is to always enter the complete URL of any site you visit.
Why do they commit the phishing?
Phishing is generally an attempt at identity theft. Scammers go "phishing" for information - they send out phony emails or use other tricks to lure people to exact replications of popular websites. If people log in to these replica sites, the phishers will get their user name and password. When this happens, the scammers can log in to the person's real account, and then they can take any information they find (such as banking information, credit card numbers, passwords to other accounts, etc.) and use it to their benefit. Unfortunately, this has become a very common crime in America.
What is the difference between a scam and phishing and a rip off?
A scam is a deliberate attempt to defraud you. Phishing is trying to obtain your data to steal your identity and/or credit. A rip off is where you are getting something, just not as good a quality, or for as good a price, as most people would feel appropriate.
Phishers will often send you e-mails asking that you update or validate information.?
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What are consequences of phishing?
The risks of phishing include getting a virus on your computer or phone. You can also be fined very heavily if caught phishing.
How many pages does The Phishing Manual have?
The Phishing Manual has 320 pages.
What impact does phishing have?
Phishing affect your privacy online from denial of access to email to substantial financial loss. This style of identify theft is becoming more popular, because of the readiness with which unsuspecting people often divulge personal information to phishers, including credit card number, social security numbers, and mothers' maiden names. The theft stole your privacy thing from your internet. There are also fears that identity thieves can add such information to the knowledge they gain simply by accessing public records. Once this information is acquired, the phishers may use a person's details to create fake accounts in a victim's name. They can then ruin the victims' credit, or even deny the victims access to their own accounts.
