What is a Phishing Attack and types Stay Safe | Pawan Shrivastav

What is a Phishing attack? Types and Prevention By Pawan Shrivastav

Phishing is a kind of social engineering attack which frequently used to take client information, including login credentials and credit card numbers. It happens when an attacker, taking an informative and message of a confided in element, tricks a casualty into opening an email, text, or instant message. The beneficiary is tricked into clicking a link, which can prompt the establishment of malware, the freezing of the framework as a component of ransomware attacks This article will discuss the kinds of phishing procedures and counteraction.

Phishing techniques 

Here's a brief look at five regular phishing attacks that frequently arise in big business settings.

1. Breach of Trust - Janifer gets an email from what he thinks is his bank telling her to confirm a wire transfer. The email transfers her to a link that looks like her original bank's website but it is actually a "spoofed" but someone but an identical copy of his bank's website. When she gets to the page, he entered his credential details but nothing happened. now, this is too late, Jenefer just gave his bank login credential to a cybercriminal/ hacker.

2. False Lottery - James gets an email saying that he's won a prize from a lottery. Normally, James is too savvy and alert to fall for this trick. However, this email comes from his boss, Jennifer, and references a charity that they both support from last some years. He clicks and ends up at a Fake page that loads malware, and now James is compromised.

3. Data Update - Lara gets an email from Joe telling her to take a look at the attached pdf file. The document is compromised with a trojan. Lara may not even realize what has happened. She looks at the pdf file, which looks normal. The resulting trojan might log his keystrokes for months, compromise the entire network, and lead to big security breaches throughout the organization.

4. Sentimental Abuse - James received an email from someone claiming to be Jennifer's brother-in-law. He's suffering from TB and Brain Hambrage and his medical insurance canceled. He asks James to donate to help him recover from his illness. James clicks on the link and is taken to a bogus charity site. The webpage could host malware or just steal James' credit card information via a bogus "online donation".

5. Impersonation - Richard gets an email from his boss Mark, who says that he needs some money wired to a known vendor as pre-payment for an emergency job. Can Richard wire them the money right away? It seems fairly routine. Richard wires the money to the account requested. The money is untraceable and never seen again.