What is Phishing (continued)?
Social engineering aspects:
Sending spoofed
e-mails
Building confidence between a phisher and a victim
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Upsetting or exciting statements - must react immediately
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Ask for information such as username, passwords, credit card numbers,
social security numbers, etc.
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Emails are typically NOT personalized
Technical aspects:
Spyware
Pharming - DNS poisoning
Spoof web pages