What Are The Different Types Of Phishing?
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1. Spear Phishing: Targeting specific individuals or businesses with malicious emails.
2. Clone Phishing: Sending an identical, or cloned, email to multiple targets.
3. Whaling: Targeting high–profile employees in an organization, such as C–suite executives.
4. SMS Phishing (“Smishing”): Using text messages as the vehicle for phishing attacks.
5. Voice Phishing (“Vishing”): Using phone calls for phishing attacks.
6. Search Engine Phishing: Using search engine optimization tactics to manipulate search engine results and redirect users to malicious websites.
7. Link Manipulation: Manipulating the URL of a website to make it look like it is legitimate while actually linking to a malicious site.