If you’re knowledgeable about internet security, you’ve probably heard about phishing. You’ve undoubtedly received emails pretending to be from your bank or from Microsoft, asking you to send your password. Hopefully you know that you should never do that. But there is a much more sophisticated version of this technique, called spear phishing.
What Is Spear Phishing? How To Spot And Avoid This Email Scam
Georgina Torbet, MakeUseOf
Mon, 04/22/2019 - 4:00am
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